SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL TABLE S1. Food safety communicator and regulator perceptions of the extent to which SVS food processors are aware of PCHF requirements and are knowledgeable of GMP standards and HARPC approaches to writing a food safety plan, summarized in Table 6 Food safety communicators Awareness or knowledge Ratinga 1 Awareness of requirements in the PCHF Rule 2 3 4 5 6 7 Number of respondents Knowledge of GMP standards for basic sanitation practices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Number of respondents Knowledge of HARPC approaches for writing a food safety plan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Number of respondents a 4 15 10 10 3 1 43 bDifferent number of respondents (n) indicates some questions were not answered. 6 11 15 6 2 2 42 9 35 23 23 7 2 3 13 10 7 2 1 1 37 Rating values were based on a 7-point scale: 1 = no awareness or knowledge, 4 = somewhat aware or knowledgeable, 7 = fully aware or knowledgeable. Frequencyb 5 11 12 14 1 1 44 14 26 37 14 5 5 5 4 17 7 3 1 37 8 35 27 19 5 3 3 % 11 25 27 32 2 2 Frequency 5 9 10 7 1 2 3 37 13 11 46 19 8 3 % 13 24 27 19 3 5 8 Regulators May/June Food Protection Trends 177