OPEN TEXT RESPONSES S1. Full-text responses to open-ended questions about types of information and resources considered beneficial to SVS food processors Please list any other types of information you have found to be beneficial for SVS food processors (n = 24): Food safety communicators: * More options for different learning styles; more visuals for people who may not have advanced reading skills. * Basic introduction to food safety. * One-on-one hand holding is huge! * There seems to be some confusion about nonprofits needing to be compliant. * Clarity of regulations federal/state/local. * A one-stop facility providing answers to every question raised by a new food entrepreneur. * Everything from sourcing ingredients and packaging from reputable suppliers to in-depth GMP training. * Online templates for developing a food safety plan. * Recordkeeping, internal auditing, employee training. * Regulatory guidance documents. * Hazard guide. * Current GMPs. Regulators: * Production courses for the category of products they are manufacturing. * Field tickets with a public health statement on them. * Facility design and equipment construction. * Onsite walk-throughs and facility-specific guidance. * Anything they can use without having to think. * They need the basics. How to identify and control hazards related their products and basic sanitation and food safety. By far more important for them than anything else. * Internet sites. * How to get the attestation. * The FDA food safety plan builder program as a basic starting point for a food safety plan. * Knowledge of the federal regulations. * Practical sanitation advice. * Labeling requirements. Please list any other resources you have found to be beneficial for small and very small food processors (n = 8): Food safety communicators: * University extension. * Site visits to smaller processors that have gone through the process of being compliant. * Hands-on SOP and SSOP writing and other interactive strategies within a workshop. Regulators: * Training that is built into routine inspections. * AFDO information available for SMEs [small and medium enterprises] to help and assist, as well as extension service. * Virtual courses. * Websites. * State university extension. May/June Food Protection Trends 181