Table C.2.

Potential sources of uncertainty identified in the assessment of the additional hazards to be reduced by thermal pasteurisation of raw milk/raw colostrum from ruminants

Source or location of the uncertainty	Nature or cause of the uncertainty	Impact of the uncertainty on the conclusions (e.g. over/underestimation)
Incomplete identification of the additional hazards of concern to be reduced by thermal pasteurisation of raw milk/raw colostrum from ruminants	It is possible that the final list of eight microbiological hazards of major concern to be reduced by thermal pasteurisation of raw milk/raw colostrum from ruminants is not complete. The list was populated relying on their identification in the scientific opinion by the BIOHAZ panel related to RDM (EFSA BIOHAZ Panel, 2015) and their reporting as a FBO agent in the ‘strong and weak evidence’ FBOs with milk as a vehicle in the 2008–2019 period.	The impact of this uncertainty is expected to be low as it is believed that the most important microbiological hazards to be reduced by thermal pasteurisation of raw milk/raw colostrum from ruminants have been identified using the currently available evidence from the specified sources.

FBO: food‐borne outbreak; HPP: high‐pressure processing; RDM: raw drinking milk.