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. 2021 Jan 21;19(1):e06353. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6353

Table 9.

Explanation of pest freedom categories used to rate the likelihood of pest freedom

Pest freedom category Pest‐free plants out of 10,000
Sometimes pest free < 5,000
More often than not pest free 5,000 to – < 9,000
Frequently pest free 9,000 to – < 9,500
Very frequently pest free 9,500 to – < 9,900
Extremely frequently pest free 9,900 to – < 9,950
Pest free with some exceptional cases 9,950 to – < 9,990
Pest free with few exceptional cases 9,990 to – < 9,995
Almost always pest free 9,995 to – 10,000