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http://dx.doi.org/10.13103/JFHS.2017.32.2.96

Correlation Analysis between Key Word Search Frequencies Related to Food Safety Issue and Foodborne Illness Outbreaks  

Lee, Heeyoung (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
Jo, Heekoung (Department of Nutritional Education, Sookmyung Women's University)
Kim, Kyungmi (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
Youn, Hyewon (Department of LCB Hospitality Management, Sookmyung Women's University)
Yoon, Yohan (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.32, no.2, 2017 , pp. 96-100 More about this Journal
Abstract
Through the increasing use of internet and smart device, consumers can search the information what they want to find. The information has been accumulated and become into a big data. Analyzing the big data regarding key words associated with foods and foodborne pathogens could be a method for predicting foodborne illness outbreaks, especially in school food services. Therefore, the objective of this study was to elucidate the correlations between key words associated with foods and food safety issues. Frequencies of the key words for foodborne pathogens and food safety issues were searched using an internet portal site from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014. In addition, foodborne outbreak data were collected from Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for the same period of time. There was correlation between the time having maximum key word frequencies of foods and foodborne pathogens, and the time for foodborne illness outbreak occurred. In addition, the search frequencies for foods and foodborne pathogens were generally increased right after foodborne outbreaks occurred. However, in some cases foodborne outbreaks occurred after the search frequencies for certain seasonal foods increased These results could be useful in food safety management for reducing foodborne illness and in food safety communication.
Keywords
Foodborne illness; Big data; Search frequency;
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