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                                                                  EXHIBIT (A)(7)

                            EMERGE INTERACTIVE, INC.
          CONFIRMATION OF ELECTION CONCERNING EXCHANGE OF STOCK OPTIONS

Name of Optionee: ________________________________________________

Social Security Number (last 4 digits):_________________________

         This Confirmation Letter confirms that eMerge Interactive, Inc. has
received your Election Concerning Exchange of Stock Options. You elected to give
up your entire ownership interest in the options listed below:

A.       Options Granted Between January 26, 2001 and August 6, 2001

         [ ]      You elected to cancel all of these options and no other
                  options (partial elections were not permitted.)

B.       Options Granted Between January 26, 2001 and August 6, 2001, plus
         Certain Options Granted Before January 26, 2001

         [ ]      You elected to cancel all options granted between January 26,
                  2001 and August 6, 2001, and in addition elected to cancel the
                  following options granted before January 26, 2001:

                  1.    Option Granted on ________________ _____, _________

                  2.    Option Granted on ________________ _____, _________

                  3.    Option Granted on ________________ _____, _________

                  4.    Option Granted on ________________ _____, _________

         Subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to exchange, eMerge
will to grant you the same number of replacement options on the date of the
first meeting of the compensation committee of the eMerge board of directors
held more than six months after the date we cancel the options accepted for
exchange, which is expected to be on or after February 11, 2002 (the
"replacement grant date"), provided that you are still employed by eMerge on
that date. The exercise price of the replacement options will be equal to the
mean between the highest and lowest quoted selling prices of eMerge stock on the
replacement grant date.

         The replacement options will be incentive stock options ("ISOs") to the
extent permitted by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, if the cancelled option was
originally an ISO, except that the IRS limit will be re-measured as of the
replacement grant date. The replacement options will be nonstatutory stock
options ("NSOs") if the cancelled option was originally a NSO or to the extent
the replacement options cannot qualify as ISOs. All of the other terms of the
replacement





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options will be the same as the terms of the options being cancelled. The
vesting schedule of the replacement options will be the same as the vesting
schedule of the options being cancelled, based on the original vesting
commencement date.

         You will not be eligible to receive any other options until the
replacement grant date.

         If you have any questions, please contact Gina DeLoach, by telephone at
(561) 581-6368 or by e-mail at gdeloach@emergeinteractive.com.