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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2013.42.10.1701

Development and Evaluation of Consumer Educational Contents on Hazard Chemicals in Food for Female College Students in Seoul  

Cho, Sun-Duk (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Duksung Women's University)
Kang, Eun-Jin (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Duksung Women's University)
Kim, Meehye (Food Safety Evaluation Dept., National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Park, Sung-Kug (Food Safety Evaluation Dept., National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Paek, Ock-Jin (Food Safety Evaluation Dept., National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
Kim, Gun-Hee (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Duksung Women's University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.42, no.10, 2013 , pp. 1701-1706 More about this Journal
Abstract
Domestic and overseas information with regard to harmful substances are analyzed. From the results, environmental-derived hazard chemicals, which show relatively low recognition, and hazard chemicals that occur unavoidably in food manufacturing process are selected as target harmful substances. Thus, educational leaflet contents were developed based on these substances. To find the effects of education with the above contents, this study surveyed 120 female college students living in Seoul. The purpose of the survey is to analyze the change in recognition, attitude and behavior on hazard chemicals in foods. The survey found that the recognition on harmful substance in foods increased; from 31.5~78.0% before education to 98.8% after education. It also indicates that vague anxiety in which the harmful substances may damage their health decreased by approx. 25.0%; from 77.8% before education to 52.8% after education. For the question of what they would do when government promotes to reduce harmful substances in foods, 12.3% of respondents said that they would actively follow the suggestions and 73.5% of them said that they would do their best before an education. However, 56.1% of them said that they would actively follow the suggestions after the education. It indicates that the ability to recognize harmful substances changed after the education. With regard to consumer behavior, when they knew about the harmful substances in foods, 49.6% of them said that they would select foods after investigating relevant information before the education, while 77.4% of them said that after the education; which is an increase of 27.8%. Further, 45.4% of them said that they would not purchase relevant foods before the education, while 20.9% of them said that after the education; which is a decrease of 24.5%. Therefore, it is considered that vague anxiety of consumers can be eliminated by providing persuasive information on harmful substances. To expand on the communication channel with consumers for food safety, contents development and educational promotion should be enhanced for providing food safety related information.
Keywords
hazard chemicals; consumer; food safety; education;
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