Open AccessSystematic literature search to assist EFSA in the preparatory work for the safety assessment of Novel Food applications and Traditional Food notifications
Author(s) -
Dibusz Krystof,
Vejvodova Pavla
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
efsa supporting publications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2397-8325
DOI - 10.2903/sp.efsa.2019.en-1774
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , european commission , protocol (science) , food safety , computer science , process (computing) , inclusion and exclusion criteria , work (physics) , risk analysis (engineering) , business , european union , medicine , engineering , political science , food science , biology , alternative medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology , law , economic policy , operating system
The main objective of this project was to develop a search strategy and a standard operating procedure, to perform systematic literature searches and screening of titles and abstracts based on pre‐defined inclusion/exclusion criteria for articles related to Novel Food/ Traditional Food applications received from the European Commission. In addition, two modules for testing of keywords and their weights and for rating and evaluation of titles and abstracts were developed. A list of keywords and weights used for rating of articles by their relevance was developed for each Novel Food/ Traditional Food category, i.e. plants, insects, fungi, algae and chemicals. During the project, 36 Novel Food/ Traditional Food requests were received and successfully processed by developing a detailed search protocol for each request that summarised the evaluation process.