0497 focus group summaries 2013 renewal

Summaries of Focus Groups Conducted by the Food and Drug Administration

0910-0497

FDA Center	Title of Focus Group	Participants	Use of Information
CFSAN	Nutrition Facts label	8 groups, 1 moderator	The Consumer Studies’ Final Report was used internally by Consumer Studies to help develop the follow-up experimental study for modernizing the label. The Final Report has not been distributed to the public.
CFSAN	Nutrition Symbols	4 groups, 1 moderator	The Consumer Studies’ Final Report was used internally by Consumer Studies to help develop follow-up experimental studies on the topic. Key findings were disseminated to the public at the 2008 FDA Nutrition Roundtable.
CFSAN	Barrier to Label Use	4 groups, 1 moderator	The Consumer Studies’ Final Report was used internally by Consumer Studies to help develop a follow-up experimental studies on the topic. The final report has not been distributed to the public.
CFSAN	Food recalls, Food Safety and and Microwave Safety	8 groups, 1 moderator	The Consumer Studies’ Final Report was used internally by Consumer Studies to help develop the 2009 Food Safety Survey. Key findings were disseminated to the public at several professional conferences.
CFSAN	Factors related to Listeriosis Prevention in Pregnant Women	6 groups, 1 moderator	The findings were used to supplement and help interpret quantitative findings from a national survey, by a University of Maryland researcher. Findings have not been distributed to the public.