All retail food establishments (including restaurants, bars, convenience stores, bakeries, food trucks, and grocery stores) are required to undergo regular food safety inspections. In most cases, your local health department is responsible for conducting these inspections. Food safety inspection reports are public records and can be requested by anyone. There is a Colorado state law that governs the retail food establishment inspection rating system. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment or a local public health agency (LPHA) may decide to display an inspection rating for a retail food establishment on their website; however, it is not required. We would like your input to help refine the system to make sure it is useful to the public. Thank you for your assistance!

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* 1. First, a few questions about you. What Colorado county do you live in?

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* 2. About how frequently do you eat at a retail food establishment?  Please include restaurants, bars, convenience stores, bakeries, dairies, and grocery stores in your answer.

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* 3. Where would you most like to find a food establishment's food safety rating? Please rank these choices from 1-5, with 1 being your top choice and 5 being your last choice.

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* 4. If you answered "other" to the above question, please specify where you would like to find the rating.

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* 5. To what extent would a food establishment's food safety rating influence your desire to eat there?

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The next question refers to the current Colorado Retail Food Establishment Inspection Rating System and is pictured below. Following a food safety inspection, the retail food establishment is rated as "Pass", "Re-inspection Required", or "Closed."

The next question refers to the current Colorado Retail Food Establishment Inspection Rating System and is pictured below. Following a food safety inspection, the retail food establishment is rated as "Pass", "Re-inspection Required", or "Closed."

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* 6. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements based on the image above (Colorado's Retail Food Establishment Inspection Rating System).

  Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree Don't know/Not sure
The ratings are easy to understand.
The ratings are too simple.
I would want more information about what each of the ratings means.
If the food establishment had a "Re-inspection Required" rating, I would still eat there.
I would want to know how often this food establishment is inspected.
I would want to know the ratings this food establishment has gotten in the past.
I would want to know what is involved in a food safety inspection no matter what the rating is.

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* 7. Different states allow food establishment inspection results to be communicated in different formats. Please rank the following choices according to how useful would you find them with 1 being the most useful and 5 being the least useful.

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* 8. If you answered "other" to the above question, please describe what you would find useful.

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* 9. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about Colorado's Food Establishment Rating System or food establishment rating systems in general?

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