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Focus group and interview questions |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Topics | Questions |\n| Current practices of food safety training | Would you share some of your thoughts regarding food safety training? |\n|  | Have you ever worried about a foodborne illness outbreak due to lack of training? Why or Why not? |\n|  | Have you worked in other areas of food service? If yes, which area? |\n|  | What areas of food safety need more attention in a food truck setting? |\n|  | What specific food safety measures are different in a food truck setting? |\n|  | What kind of training do you provide? How frequent? |\n|  | Do you keep up to date with food safety laws and regulations? How often? |\n|  | Do you keep up to date with mandatory food safety certifications? How often? |\n|  | What type of food safety training do you and your employees participate in? Is this type of training you provide required bylaw or mandatory? Who provided the training? How long did the training last?(if the training was provided by themselves) |\n|  | What made you qualified to train your employees on the topic of food safety? |\n|  | What food safety topics did you cover in the food safety training you provided? |\n|  | Where did you receive the information and training materials to conduct the training? |\n| Attitude | Is food safety training important to you? Why or why not? |\n|  | Do you feel confident that your customers are not worried about the safety of your product? |\n|  | Do you feel competent in providing food safety training to your employees? |\n|  | Are you confident in passing inspections from country health officials? Which areas concern you and your staff? |\n| Specific food safety measures | In your experience, which food safety violations have you seen being committed on a food truck? |\n|  | What specific areas need more attention when compared to general food safety? |\n|  | Which food safety practices have you spent time correcting? |\n|  | If you were to consult someone on operating a food truck what would you suggest the food safety training focus on? |\n|  | What do you think are important topics tobe included in food safety training when training food truck employees? |\n|  | Do you feel that your general food safety training is sufficient for a food truck environment? |\n|  | What training techniques would I witness during your food safety training? |\n\n\n| TABLE 2. Attitudes of food truck managers/owners toward food safety training |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Themes | Selected Quotes |\n| Confidence | FG1: “The training I have received from ServSafe is researched and proven so I am confident they taught mewhat I need.” |\n|  | FG22: “I am confident in my chefs and handpicked them. They feel their culinary school experience has trained them properly.” |\n|  | FG14: “I am confident in handling food safely due to my culinary school experience.” |\n| Training necessity | FG13: “I am not interested but the training is a necessary.” |\n|  | FG25: “The training is needed because everyone thinks running a food truck is the new moneymaker.” |\n|  | FG16: “(The training is) needed to keep guest’s safe from people with no training.” |\n|  | FG18: “Training is necessary to keep consumers safe from non-educated cooks.” |\n|  | FI10: “…we have never been given a violation so I don’t feel the need to spend money and time on training when we have not had any violations.” |\n| Minimum requirement of city/county | FI1:“My truck follows the required regulations in the areas we operate and none of those areas stated that we have to do extra training.” |\n| Notes: FG, focus groups; FI, face-to-face interviews. |  |\n\n\n| TABLE 3. Current and preferred food safety training methods of the food truck owners and managers |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Themes | Selected Quotes |\n| Role play/ mock situation | FG18: “I do a role play and I pretend as ifI’m the inspector.” |\n|  | FG5: “We have meetings and I’ll role-play or ask questions.” |\n|  | FI3: “We role play on communication it’s vital in the tiny envir","cbCaiieCE9aWirn9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiieCE9aWirn9","pdf",345374,8,"English","# TABLE 1. Focus group and interview questions\n## Current practices of food safety training\n## Attitude\n## Specific food safety measures\n# TABLE 2. Attitudes of food truck managers/owners toward food safety training\n## Confidence\n## Training necessity\n## Minimum requirement of city/county\n# TABLE 3. Current and preferred food safety training methods of the food truck owners and managers\n## Role play/ mock situation\n## On-the-job training\n## Smartphone app\n## Visual aids\n# TABLE 4. 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