In the interest of food safety: a qualitative study investigating communication and trust between food regulators and food industry in the UK, Australia and New Zealand

Table 2 Sample characteristics^a

Sector	Description of role	Examples of roles	Participant IDs
Industry	Individuals working at various role in the restaurant industry	e.g., food and beverage managers, chefs	AU-IND: 9-10
	Individuals working with industry in the role of food regulation, or in the role of consumer advocate, nutrition and food safety	e.g., consultants in nutrition, food safety, and regulation	UK-IND: 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13
			NZ-IND: 1
			AU-IND 1, 11
	Individuals involved in the finance and management of large scale corporations	e.g., director or CEO of food and grocery councils and multi-million dollar corporations	UK-IND: 1, 2, 4, 8-10, 12
			NZ-IND: 2, 3, 4
			AU-INDI: 2, 3, 5, 6-8
	Individuals involved in the production or manufacturing of food	e.g., director of quality assurance	UK-IND: 14
		e.g., director of quality assurance	AU-IND 4
Regulator	Individuals of varying levels of seniority from national food regulatory bodies	Food regulatory bodies	UK-REG: 1, 2, 7-8, 11
			NZ-REG: 5
			AU-REG: 3-7, 11-12, 14, 18, 25, 26
	State-based food regulators	State Health Departments	UK-REG: 3-6, 9, 10
			NZ-REG: 1-4, 6
			AU-REG: 1, 2, 8-10, 13, 15-17, 19-24

^aIn order to maintain participant confidentiality, we have not provided the specific names of the industry/regulator body within which participants are affiliated. Rather, we have categorized participants according to their role and job title for the purpose of data interpretation

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