Qualitative assessment of the risk of SARS-CoV-2 to human health through food exposures to deer in the UK

Qualitative assessment of the risk of SARS-CoV-2 to human health through food exposures to deer in the UK: Annex 1

Interpretation of probability categories used in this risk assessment.

Table from ACMSF (ACM/1065) adapted from EFSA 2006 modified from OIE 2004.

Probability category	Interpretation
Negligible	So rare that it does not merit to be considered
Very low	Very rare but cannot be excluded
Low	Rare, but does occur
Medium	Occurs regularly
High	Occurs very often
Very high	Events occur almost certainly

Qualitative categories for expressing uncertainty in relation to qualitative risk estimates

Table from ACMSF (ACM/1065) adapted from EFSA 2006.

Uncertainty category	Interpretation
Low	There are solid and complete data available; strong evidence is provided in multiple references; authors report similar conclusions
Medium	There are some but no complete data available; evidence is provided in a small number of references; authors report conclusions that vary from one another
High	There are scarce or no data available; evidence is not provided in references but rather in unpublished reports or based on observations, or personal communication; authors report conclusions that vary considerably between them