Table A.4.

Eligibility criteria to establish the relevance of evidence pertaining to record characteristics

Key elements (concepts)		Eligibility criteria	Rationale
Time	In	Study is published since 2016	Focus on new evidence that became available after the publication of EFSA (2016)
Language	In	Study is reported in English (EN), French (FR) or Spanish (ES)	Include evidence reported in local case reports written in ES or FR to cover languages of regions where teosinte has been reported to occur
Publication type	In	– Primary research studies (i.e.. studies generating new data) – Conference abstracts or posters if they contain primary data – Reports of the Competent Authorities of EU Member States – Reviews (reviews will be used as sources of further references and to assess the appropriateness of the search strategy applied)	– Cover new data or assess the appropriateness of the search strategy applied – Include reports of the Competent Authorities of EU Member States to address the mandate, as not necessarily reported elsewhere or accessible – Exclude opinions/statements, as they do not report primary data – Exclude PhD theses and dissertations, as primary data reported are assumed to have been published in primary research studies
	Out	– Letters to the editor and editorials – Expert opinions – PhD theses and dissertations