Table 5.

Qualitative categories used to describe uncertainty in this risk assessment, adapted from the European Food Safety Authority (2006) [64]

Description	Uncertainty category
Scarce or no data available; evidence is not provided in references but rather in unpublished reports, based on observations, or personal communications; authors report conclusions that vary considerably between them	High
Some but no complete data available; evidence provided in small number of references; authors report conclusions that vary from one another	Medium
Solid and complete data available; strong evidence provided in multiple references; authors report similar conclusions	Low