National Organization

At the European level, the national organizations from both the EU (European Union, formerly the EEC) and the EETA (European Free Trade Association) are grouped in the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and its counterpart for the electrical industries CENELEC. The standards published by these two organizations have authority in all EU countries as well as the EFTA countries who have voted their approval, which means that these standards have replaced their corresponding national standards. 

The national organizations are often relayed into each profession by a body created and financed by this profession and which undertakes all or part of the work in preparing the standards. In the petroleum industry, this role is carried out in France by the BNPet (Bureau de Normalisation du Petrole) and in Germany by the FAM (Fachausschuss Mineralol-und Brennstoffnormung), in the United Kingdom by the IP (Institute of Petroleum), and in the USA by the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). In the first two cases, the standards are published only by the national organizations (AFNOR and DIN respectively), while the IP and the ASTM also publish their own documents, only some of which are adopted by the BSI and ANSI, respectively. 

National Organic, Bombay, India 8 2-ethylhexanol propjiene... 

Several national organizations serve the professional needs of U.S. pharmacists. These reflect the practice milieu of members, eg, independent community pharmacies, chain dmg stores, and hospitals. The American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA), founded in 1852, is composed of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science, Academy of Pharmaceutical Practice and Management, and the Academy of Students of Pharmacy. Other organizations include the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP), National Association of Chain Dmg Stores (NACDS), and National Association of Retail Dmggists (NARD). 

Corey, E.J. Abstracts, 33rd National Organic Symposium, June 13-17, Bozeman, Montana, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry, 1993, p. 30. 

The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was passed to encourage die development and marketing of products used to treat rare diseases. The act defines a rare disease as a condition affecting fewer than 200,000 individuals in die United States. The National Organization of Rare Disorders reports that there are more tiian 6000 rare disorders that affect approximately 25 million individuals. Examples of rare disorders include Tourette s syndrome, ovarian cancer, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Huntington s disease, and certain forms of leukemia... 

A forum of national organizations in the UK which offer a service to those who provide drug education to children and young people, c/o Mentor UK... 

Brass HJ, Feige MA, Halloran T, et al. 1977. The national organic monitoring survey Sampling and analyses for purgeable organic compounds. In Pojasek RB, ed. Drinking Water Quality Enhancement Source Protection. Ann Arbor, Ml Arm Arbor Science, 393-416. 

H. E. Zimmerman, in Abstract of Papers, 17th National Organic Chemistry Symposium, American Chemical Society, Bloomington, Indiana (June 1961), p. 31. 

NOP (National Organic Program)/USDA (2000) 7 Code of Federal Regulations Part 205. 

Walz, E. (1999). Final Results of the Thrid Biennial National Organic Farmers Survey. Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, California. 

The national organic certification bodies will also provide useful information on food processing standards in organic food production. In addition, there are publications that have reviewed decontamination processes and disinfection procedures used in the fresh produce industry. Some of these are also listed below. 

US Department of Agriculture National Organic Program (www. ams. usda. gov/nop/indexIE.htm)... 

US National Organic Standards Board (www.ams.usda.gov/nosb/)... 

USDA (2007) The national organic program standards. Available at http //www.ams.usda.gov/ nop/NOP/standards. html... 

Jean is a co-founder of Ecological Health Alliance, a group providing education and support to people with MCS in Victoria. Two years ago the group joined with a national organization and is now the British Columbia branch of the Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Canada. A native of Vancouver, Jean has lived on Vancouver Island with her husband for more than forty years. 

The National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. has prepared a Web site that provides, at no charge, lists of associations organized by health topic. You can access this database at the following Web site http//www.rarediseases.or search/orgsearch.html. Type isobutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (or a synonym) into the search box, and click Submit Query. 

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) http //www.rarediseases.orjy... 

Hites 1978, 1979). The annual mean concentration of phenol in water from the lower Mississippi River was 1.5 ppb (EPA 1980). River water in an unspecified location in the United States was reported to contain 10-100 ppb of phenol (Jungclaus et al. 1978). Phenol was detected, but not quantified, in a Niagara River watershed (Elder et al. 1981) and in 2 of 110 raw water samples analyzed during the National Organic Monitoring Survey (EPA 1980). In the STORET database, 7% of 2,181 data points for U.S. surface waters were positive for the presence of phenol the mean and range of the reported concentrations were 533 ppb and 0.002-46,700 ppb, respectively (EPA 1988c). 

Symons JM, Bellar TA, Carswell JK, et al. 1975. National organic reconnaissance survey for halogenated organics. Journal of the American Waterworks Association 67 634-647. 

The Council is composed of 17 national organizations and agencies, representative of health professions, licensing boards, health care facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, regulators, standards setters, and others (Table 1). The membership of the NCC MERP is interdisciplinary and represents crossfunctional groups in the delivery of health eare products and services. USP is a founding member and Secretariat to the Couneil. 

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