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Consumer Awareness and Perception of Genetically-modified Foods in Korea;2000-2001  

김명희 (세종대학교 식품공학과)
김재욱 (세종대학교 식품공학과)
채경연 (세종대학교 식품공학과)
박세원 (동해대학교 관광외식산업과)
김연순 (조선대학교 가정교육과)
경규항 (세종대학교 식품공학과)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.17, no.3, 2002 , pp. 157-165 More about this Journal
Abstract
A two-year survey of consumers'awareness and perception of genetically-modified (GM) foods was conducted during May through September of 2000 and 2001 with a random sample of Korean consumers. More than 68% of the respondents were exposed to some information related to GM foods. The greatest benefit of the development of GM foods was thought to be the remedy for the food shortage in the future. More than 90% of Korean consumers wanted GM foods to be labeled. About 18% of the respondents would buy GM foods voluntarily, whereas over 49% would not until they found out more. Only 40% of Korean consumers were found to realize that food items originated ken plants contain genes. More consumers responded that they would not buy herbicide-tolerant GM soybean but buy vitamin-enriched GM soybean. It seemed to be that many Korean consumers do not make decisions of acceptance or rejection of GM foods not on the basis of biotechnology but on the basis of the word(5) used to describe the products, such as herbicide and vitamin. Only 4% of Korean consumers responded that GM foods were the greatest safety-threatening factor of Korean foods.
Keywords
genetically-modified (GM) foods; awareness; herbicide-tolerant soybean; biotechnology;
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