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http://dx.doi.org/10.23093/FSI.2018.51.3.209

Application of delphi method to the technology level assessment of food safety  

Gwon, So Young (Department of Law and Policy Research, Headquarter of Policy Research, National Food Safety Information Service)
Lee, Ye Seul (Research Planning and Management Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation)
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Food Science and Industry / v.51, no.3, 2018 , pp. 209-217 More about this Journal
Abstract
Delphi technique is widely used to develop consensus on group opinion. It is important to identify the strategic technologies and evaluate technology level for the establishment of national R&D policy to upgrade technology level. The aim of this article was to reflect on Food Safety technology level by using Delphi methodology. And, competitiveness of patents and journal articles is evaluated for Korea, USA, Japan, China and EU. As a result, USA is the most competitive country for all technology categories. The average technology level of Korea was 79.5% of world-top coungry and average technological gap was 6.1 years. Korea is grouped in middle-lower class for overall food safety technology level. However, there are some variances among the level of technologies. As a result of this study, food safety research management needs to expand R&D investment and training of food safety specialist. The results of this research can be utilized to establish a road map for transportation R&D and plans.
Keywords
food safety; technology level assessment; delphi method;
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