participant email

OMB Number: 0583-XXXX

Exp. Date:

Hello Mr./Ms. ---,

Thank you for participating in the federal collaborative effort to enhance federal outreach and information sharing in support of retail food safety, specifically, the control of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in grocery delicatessens. Your contributions and organization’s involvement are valuable to help these agencies better understand the complexity and diversity of information needs.

This calendar invite is for a focus group that will be conducted online and via telephone, using the Adobe Connect platform. Each session is planned for 90 minutes, including several breaks. Please contact us in advance if you have a scheduling conflict or anticipate a technical difficulty.

We will ask for your thoughts about the overall distribution and availability of retail food safety related communications, and questions about Lm-specific communications and tools that are currently available.

The focus group data will remain private to the extent permitted by law. You have been grouped with participants from similar organizations. Any comments you make will not be attributed to you by name or your specific organization. We request that participants not share with others what other participants say in the focus groups.

We look forward to your participation, and please contact a member of the team if you have any further questions.

Dayna Davitz – dayna.davitz@usda.gov or 202-260-9103

Mark Lofthus – mark.lofthus@usda.gov or 202-720-0586

Chris Small – chris.small@usda.gov or 202-260-9104

Strategic Planning and Evaluation Staff,

Office of Planning, Analysis, and Risk Management,

Food Safety and Inspection Service

United States Department of Agriculture

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