Table 1 Expert panel participants’ baseline characteristics (n = 50).
Baseline | Groups | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Work experience | |||
Less than 1 year | 5 | 10% | |
1–5 years | 25 | 50% | |
6–10 years | 8 | 16% | |
11–15 years | 4 | 8% | |
16 years or above | 8 | 16% | |
Education level | Bachelor’s or equivalent | 20 | 40% |
Master’s or equivalent | 27 | 54% | |
PhD | 3 | 6% | |
Organization type | Public (government) | 27 | 54% |
Private | 18 | 36% | |
Both | 5 | 10% | |
Position | R&D specialist—product | 6 | 12% |
Quality control supervisor | 6 | 12% | |
Quality assurance specialist | 10 | 20% | |
Production technologist & ISO representative | 13 | 26% | |
ISO 22716 auditor | 4 | 8% | |
Data entry encoder | 3 | 6% | |
Cosmetic safety assessor | 8 | 16% | |
Region (country) | UAE | 35 | 70% |
EU | 15 | 30% |
