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KMID : 0881720090240010001
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
2009 Volume.24 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.11
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Assessment of Consumer’s Food Safety Perceptions and Practices
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Park Ji-Yeon
Choi Eun-Hui
Choi Jung-Hwa
Shim Sang-Kook
Park Hyung-Soo
Park Ki-Hwan
Moon Hye-Kyung
Ryu Kyung
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Abstract
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Consumers are very concerned about food safety as the risk with food increased. This study was
conducted to evaluate the perceptions and practices of consumers on food safety in order to collect some information
for the development of consumer education program. Total 500 consumers were asked to answer for survey constituted
with 6 questions of generic information, 4 of food safety perceptions and 8 of food safety practices from June to
July, 2006. More than half of respondents (51.8%) were unsatisfied with the food safety management of government
while the individual practices on food safety were satisfactory. Especially, most respondents (98.7%) checked the
expiration date of food when they purchased and 97% of respondents were washed hands before food preparation. The
higher food safety perception, the better food safety practices of consumers. These results suggest that the systematic
and continuous educations on food safety hazards and the principles of sanitation management are necessary for safe
food handling and perception on food safety.
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KEYWORD
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food safety, consumer, perception, practice
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