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A Survey on the Recognition and Satisfaction of Food Labeling System in Seoul and Geongsangnamdo Area  

Joo, Na-Mi (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
Yoon, Ji-Young (Department of Food and Nutrition, Gyeongsang National University)
Kim, Ok-Sun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
Ko, Young-Joo (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
Jung, Hyeon-A (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
Choi, Eun-Young (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture / v.20, no.5, 2005 , pp. 525-531 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to establish the consumer-centric food labeling system by investigating usage state, importance evaluation, problems and satisfaction, etc. on the current food labeling system by consumer. For usage state of checking the food label, 50.2% of respondents were replied ‘mostly check the label’, and they were indicated a significant difference on ‘education level(p<.05)’, and in case of married respondents, most were relied 'absolutely check the label', For the reason to check the food label, 61.8% of respondents were replied 'to determine whether it is stable or not', and they were indicated a significant difference on age(p<.01), marital status(p<.01), and job(p<.01). For the item considered as important things on the label of the whole food, 49.8% of respondents were replied that 'expiration and manufacture date is important', and they were indicated a significant difference(p<.001) on age, marital status, job. For item considered as important things on the label of each food, it was indicated that they considered food company as important thing in case of snack, soft drink, edible oils, and noodles, and food company in case of ice cream, and expiration and manufacture date in case of milk product and meat product. For the problems on the current food labeling system, the clauses 'Poor marking on food additives and materials contents' and 'untrue marking of nutrition contents' were indicated a significant difference on age(p<0.05, p<0.001), and the clause 'untrue marking of nutrition contents' were indicated a significant difference on marital status(p<.01) and job(p<.01).
Keywords
current food labeling; consumer; satisfaction;
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