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A Study of AI Impact on the Food Industry

  • Seong Soo CHA
    • The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.19-23
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    • 2023
  • The integration of ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model, is causing a profound transformation within the food industry, impacting various domains. It offers novel capabilities in recipe creation, personalized dining, menu development, food safety, customer service, and culinary education. ChatGPT's vast culinary dataset analysis aids chefs in pushing flavor boundaries through innovative ingredient combinations. Its personalization potential caters to dietary preferences and cultural nuances, democratizing culinary knowledge. It functions as a virtual mentor, empowering enthusiasts to experiment creatively. For personalized dining, ChatGPT's language understanding enables customer interaction, dish recommendations based on preferences. In menu development, data-driven insights identify culinary trends, guiding chefs in crafting menus aligned with evolving tastes. It suggests inventive ingredient pairings, fostering innovation and inclusivity. AI-driven data analysis contributes to quality control, ensuring consistent taste and texture. Food writing and marketing benefit from ChatGPT's content generation, adapting to diverse strategies and consumer preferences. AI-powered chatbots revolutionize customer service, improving ordering experiences, and post-purchase engagement. In culinary education, ChatGPT acts as a virtual mentor, guiding learners through techniques and history. In food safety, data analysis prevents contamination and ensures compliance. Overall, ChatGPT reshapes the industry by uniting AI's analytics with culinary expertise, enhancing innovation, inclusivity, and efficiency in gastronomy.

A Survey on First Aid Knowledge and Education Needs of Jeollabukdo Police Officers

  • Ik-Sung KIM
    • The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2024
  • This study surveyed 171 police officers working in Jeollabuk-do to investigate their first aid knowledge and the need for education. The results showed that the correct answer rate for first aid knowledge among police officers was 75.61 points out of a possible 100 points. Additionally, 98.8% of respondents indicated a need for first aid training, expressing a preference for 2-hour sessions integrated with their work education. There was a statistically significant difference in the correct answer rate for first aid knowledge based on education level and experience in emergency situations, but no significant difference in the need for education was observed across respondents. The significance of this research lies in its provision of foundational data for first aid education among police officers, which can be instrumental in developing training programs and policies aimed at enhancing their first aid capabilities. Specifically, the study contributes to improving the effectiveness of police officers' responses in emergency situations by offering concrete suggestions on the content, method, and duration of first aid training. These findings underscore the necessity and importance of providing comprehensive and effective first aid training not only to police officers but to all first responders, emphasizing that such training is crucial for ensuring public safety.

Development of Food Safety and Nutrition Education Contents for the Elderly - by Focus Group Interview and Delphi Technique - (노인을 위한 식품안전.영양교육 내용 개발 - 포커스그룹인터뷰와 델파이 조사를 통하여 -)

  • Choi, Jung-Hwa;Lee, Eun-Sil;Lee, Yoon-Jin;Lee, Hye-Sang;Chang, Hye-Ja;Lee, Kyung-Eun;Yi, Na-Young;Ahn, Yun;Kwak, Tong-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.167-181
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    • 2012
  • Our society is aging rapidly, and the number of elderly people who are in charge of purchasing and preparing foods at home is increasing. However, most the elderly have difficulty managing nutrition and food safety by themselves. The purpose of this study was to develop the necessary knowledge, through focus group interview and Delphi technique to establish a food safety and nutrition education program. The diet and educational needs of the elderly were surveyed through FGI. The education topics were decided by the Delphi technique. The education program consisted of a five week program, and the topics taught were 'Dietary Change for Healthy Life', 'Prevention of Food Poisoning in Everyday Life', 'Safe Food Handling for my Health', 'Healthy Dietary Life to Prevent Chronic Disease', and 'Safety! Nutrition! Healthy Dietary Life'. This education program was designed to decrease the perceived barriers, and to increase the perceived interests and the sense of self-efficacy. Education program materials, lesson plans, slides, handouts, videos, leaflets, and booklets were developed. Based on the results, the contents of the food safety guideline leaflets for the elderly were decided as the following: (1) wash your hands in the correct way; (2) select safe food; (3) cook foods safely; (4) keep foods safely; (5) keep kitchen utensils clean. In conclusion, if advanced education programs are implemented and delivered continuously in locations such as health centers and community welfare centers, those will contribute significantly to enhance the perception of food safety and to change the desirable dietary behavior of the elderly.

Knowledge and Experiences of Risks among Pupils in Vocational Education

  • Andersson, Ing-Marie;Gunnarsson, Kristina;Rosen, Gunnar;Aberg, Marie Mostrom
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.140-146
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    • 2014
  • Background: Young male and female workers are over-represented in statistics concerning negative outcomes of poor work environment and risky work. Young workers often have low awareness of risk, a lack of safety training, and inadequate introduction to the work. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge and experiences of pupils of vocational schools concerning potential work environment risks in their future work. Methods: The study design was a dual one, and included a questionnaire and focus group interviews. The study group consisted of 239 pupils from 10 upper secondary schools, who were graduating pupils in four vocational programs: the Industrial Technology Programme, the Restaurant Management and Food Programme, the Transport Programme, and the Handicraft Programme (in which students specialize in wood products). The upper secondary schools were located in the central region of Sweden. Results: The pupils had limited knowledge that employers must, by law, conduct risk analyses and prevent risks. Many felt that they themselves are mainly responsible for performing their tasks safely. Pupils in all programs mentioned acute risk as the greatest risk at work. The theoretical education about safety at work was provided in the $1^{st}$ year of the 3-year vocational programs. Conclusion: A systematic approach to pupils' training in work environment, which is a basis for a safe and healthy workplace, is lacking. The study findings indicate that pupils are offered knowledge far from that intended by laws and by state-of-the-art occupational health risk research.

Recognition and Behavior of Female Workers for Irradiated Food (여성 근로자의 방사선 조사식품에 대한 인식 및 행태)

  • Do, Wan-Jung;Lee, Jeong-Hee;Kim, Kyung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.8
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2018
  • This study was conducted to determine the recognition and behavior of female workers on irradiated food. A total of 326 surveys have been analyzed. The results of the study showed that the level of knowledge was 3.411 points and the level of recognition was 2.542 points. There was a significant difference in purchase of irradiated food by level of education, affiliation, and job type; in consumption of irradiated food by affiliation, level of education, job type and work experience; in preventive behavior of irradiated food by affiliation, work experience and job type. In a correlation analysis on the factors of irradiated food, those with more knowledge and better recognition had more experience of purchase and consumption. However, preventive behavior had no significant correlation with knowledge, recognition, purchase and consumption. Therefore, for a rational selection of irradiated food, it is important to provide information and safety training on them.

Construction of a Knowledge Schema for Food Additive Information Using Ontology (온톨로지를 이용한 식품첨가물 정보 지식의 구축)

  • Kim, Eun-Kyoung;Kim, Yong-Gi
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.42-49
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    • 2017
  • Studies for efficient information retrieval and reuse of information resources using the ontology techniques are being in progress in various fields. In this paper, we build an ontology to provide a food additive information for consumers given by the KFDA and food safety information portal. Food additives were represented in OWL based knowledge using $Prot{\acute{e}}g{\acute{e}}$. We defined Class, Property, Relationships for providing food additives names, origins, purposes and basic information. In order to retrieve the information of the food additive, we built 679 instances with an ontology, and confirmed the results through DL Query queries. We can expect that the food additives ontology shown in this paper will help the integration and improvement of the information retrieval systems of the related fields in future.

Veterinarians as a Risk Group for Zoonoses: Exposure, Knowledge and Protective Practices in Finland

  • Kinnunen, Paula M.;Matomaki, Alisa;Verkola, Marie;Heikinheimo, Annamari;Vapalahti, Olli;Kallio-kokko, Hannimari;Virtala, Anna-Maija;Jokelainen, Pikka
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.78-85
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    • 2022
  • Background: Veterinarians may encounter a variety of zoonotic pathogens in their work. Methods: We conducted two cross-sectional questionnaire studies among veterinarians in Finland. Participants were recruited during two Annual Veterinary Congresses. In 2009, 306 veterinarians participated in an extensive questionnaire study, and in 2016, 262 veterinarians participated in a more focused study that included two same questions. Results: In 2009, the majority (90.9%) of the participating veterinarians reported having been occupationally exposed to zoonotic pathogens. Zoonotic infections (15.0%), needle stick incidents (78.8%), bites (85.0%), as well as infected skin lesions (24.2%) were reported. In 2009, 8.2% of the participants fully agreed with the statement "I have good knowledge of zoonoses and their prevention"; in 2016, the proportion was 10.3%. The reported use of protective practices and personal protective equipment in connection with specific veterinary procedures indicated that there was room for improvement, particularly in protection from pathogens that are transmissible via inhalation and mucous membranes. Conclusion: The results confirm that veterinarians are commonly occupationally exposed to zoonotic pathogens. Education should aim to improve and maintain the knowledge of zoonoses and their prevention. Use of protective practices should be advocated.

Employees' Sanitation Practice Level and Sanitation Knowledge at School Foodservice Operations in Chungbuk Province (충북지역 학교급식 조리종사자의 위생지식과 위생관리 수행수준)

  • Han, Jung-Sook;Lee, Young-Eun
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.637-649
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze employees' practice levels and knowledge of sanitation at school foodservice operations, to examine the sanitation conditions of current school foodservice, and to suggest an effective sanitary training program. A questionnaire survey was conducted on a total of 578 subjects and 501 reponses were made available for this study. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS of windows. The main results can be summarized as follows: Training through handouts was the most effective (53.2%) and lack of time caused by overwork (57.1%) made the practice of sanitation training difficult. The degree of employees' perceptions of the necessity of sanitary training programs was marked at 4.18 points. According to the foodservice employees' evaluation about the knowledge of sanitation concerning the sanitary training program contents, the area of environmental sanitation (96.3%) was the highest while food poisoning control (72.9%) was lowest. Foodservice employees' practice levels was ranked above 4 points (out of 5 points) in 9 areas. Practice levels of cleaning and disinfection management were highest while that of safety management was lowest. About the food service employees' practice levels of sanitation, the degree of practice and the application of knowledge was 4.39 points. There was a significantly positive correlation between the practice level of sanitation and sanitation knowledge(p<.01). Thus, educational material needs to be standardized in order to improve employees' sanitation practice level.

THE PROVISION OF QUALITY AND SAFE FOODS IN SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM THROUGH CENTRALIZED FOOD PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES

  • Clara, M.L.;Rdn, Pi-Ms
    • Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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    • 1998.08a
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 1998
  • Sound nutrition is the basic foundation for the health of a population. Proper nutrition education through the school system can actualize the building of sound nutrition being provided at school lunch programs along with nutrition education can have far reaching impact to the health of the whole nation. In Hong Kong, the recent change over from a half day to full day school program signaled the need for a school lunch program. However, there has been no organized effort so far in Hong Kong to provide such service. School lunches are being provided by caterers who are more concerned about profits than food safetly. Alarming rates of food poisoning occurring recently in Taiwan school has further accentuated the importance of fool safety. With the advent of centralized food production technologies, Dietirians can apply their nutrition knowledge and integrate with food production processes such that safe, healthy and nutritious mcals can be produced in large quantities in a cost-effective manner serving he needs of the school children. This paper introduces the centralized food production concept, using some of the cool chill production centers for school lunch programs in the United States as examples to discuss how new technologies and management system can be integrated to yield the best outcome in food quality and safety.

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Determinants of consumers' purchasing intention toward organic foods: A study in Danang city, Vietnam

  • NGUYEN, Tran Thuy An
    • The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2022
  • The term "Organic Food" is no longer strange to consumers around the world. Many people are concerned about their safety and health, so they have chosen this safe food. However, the decision to buy this product still faces some difficulties and challenges, such as the high price of organic products, short-time use, supply of products and so on. This study conducted an analysis to investigate the determinants of Danang City consumers' intention to purchase organic foods in Vietnam. The results show that, there are 6 influencing factors, including: subjective norm, food safety & health consciousness, consumer knowledge & environment consciousness, price of the product, availability product and trust in brands and certifications. The study uses a combination of 2 qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative methods are used through analysis, evaluation and synthesis of previous studies to build research models and scales for variables. Quantitative method with 250 samples applied SPSS 25.0 to test the scale by Cronbach's Alpha coefficients, to analyze the discovery factor EFA and regression analysis. The findings of the study provide useful information for consumers to buy organic foods and for marketers to increase sale of organic foods in Vietnam in general and Danang city in particular.