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Survey on the Foodborne Illness Experience and Awareness of Food Safety Practice Among Korean Consumers  

Park, Gyung-Jin (HACCP Team, Korea Health Industry Development Institute)
Chun, Seok-Jo (HACCP Team, Korea Health Industry Development Institute)
Park, Ki-Hwan (Department of Food science and Technology, ChungAng University)
Hong, Chong-Hae (Department of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Jeong-Weon (Department of Technology Innovation, Korea Health Industry Development Institute)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.18, no.3, 2003 , pp. 139-145 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the awareness and practice of Korean consumer on food safety. A telephone survey was conducted from 1,040 adults randomly selected from each province and large city of Korea. Therefore, 12.4% of the subjects experienced foodborne illness at least once a year and 0.3% was hospitalized due to the illness. General restaurant (37.2%) and home (21.2%) were the main causative place of foodborne illness, and the most frequently associated foods were meat and meat products (41.7%) and fish and fish products (18.7%). Regarding the causative agent of foodborne illness, the respsondents were aware of Cholera (75.5%), Vibrio gastroenteritis (73%), Shigellosis (65.5%), Bacillary dysentery (65.5%) and Salmonellosis (47.5%) very well; however very few were aware of Listeriosis (9.9%) and brucellosis (8.3%) and ever believed they were not food-related illness. When the survey data were analyzed based on 3 models (Model 1: Knowledge about the pathogens associated food and water, Model 2: The awareness of food safety, Model 3: Attitudes and behavior about foodborne disease prevention and measure) by Multiple regression analysis. The results showed that the awareness of the causative agent of foodborne illness was significantly related with the previous experience of foodborne illness (OR: 1.714) followed by education level (OR: 0.536) and married status (OR: 0.527). The awareness of food safety was significatly related with education level (OR: 0.702). Education (OR: 0.816) and gender (OR:0.650) were the main factors affecting the awareness of the practice to prevent foodborne illness. However, the previous experience of foodborne illness and food safety education, and the awareness of food safety did not show any correlation, suggesting that the experience and awareness of foodborne illness do not affect the real practice of food safety.
Keywords
Foodborne illness; Food safety; Awareness; Attitudes; Consumer; Korean;
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