• 대한가정학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2003

This study investigated the consumer acceptance toward irradiated foods and the factors to distinguish subjects with differential levels of the acceptance. Data were collected from 462 adults in Seoul, Daegu and Busan by the self-administered questionnaire. Frequencies and logistic regression analysis were conducted by SPSS. The results were as follows: (1) the level of awareness about irradiated foods was very low, but the acceptance toward them was high; only 2.8% of the respondents answered that they heard about irradiated foods and knew them very well, and 60.4% were wiling to buy them, and (2) sex, subscription of consumer magazines, and concerns about irradiated foods were factors to distinguish accepters from non-accepters; the respondents who were males, subscribed for consumer magazines, and had high concerns about irradiated foods showed less willingness to irradiated foods.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.153-164
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• 2002

This study examined the consumers' awareness and information need toward the irradiated foods and environmental hormones. The data were collected from 350 adults living in Daegu and Busan by the self-administered questionnaire. Frequencies and chi-square tests were conducted by SPSS. The results of the survey were as follows: (1) consumers' awareness regarding the irradiated foods and environmental hormones were low, while consumers' concerns for them were high, (2) the orders of the information needs for the irradiated foods are safety of irradiated foods, dose permitted for food irradiation, benefits of irradiated foods, kinds of permitted irradiated foods, and legislations of food irradiation, and (3) the orders of the information needs for the environmental hormones are harmfulness of environmental hormones, standards for contamination by environmental hormones, materials releasing environmental hormones, methods to prevent environmental hormones, and kinds of environmental hormones.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.309-315
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• 2014

방사선조사식품에 대한 광범위한 국민적 공감대를 형성하고 국민이해를 제고하기 위한 커뮤니케이션 전략의 일환으로 교육적인 개입전략을 계획하는데 필요한 기초 근거자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 일반인 중 교육의 파급효과가 높은 고등학생을 대상으로 방사선조사식품에 대한 지식, 태도 및 행위 수준을 조사한 결과 방사선조사식품에 대해 정보를 습득한 경험이 없는 학생이 82.9%(627명), 교육 경험이 없는 학생이 89.3%(675명)로 압도적으로 많았다. 교육을 받지 못한 이유로는 교육의 기회가 없어서(88.2%)가 대부분이었다. 방사선조사식품에 대한 지식수준은 1.71점(10점 만점)으로 매우 낮은 수준을 나타냈고, 방사선조사식품의 안전성에 대한 태도수준도 2.76점(5점 만점)으로 비교적 낮은 태도수준을 나타냈다. 이는 방사선조사식품에 대한 매우 낮은 지식과 부정적 태도를 가지고 있기 때문에 방사선조사식품을 구입 및 섭취로 이어지는 행위수준은 낮을 수밖에 없다고 예측할 수 있다. 또한 방사선조사식품에 대한 교육경험이 있는 학생이 교육 경험이 없는 학생보다 방사선조사식품에 대한 긍정적 태도수준이 더 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 이러한 결과는 방사선조사식품에 대한 지식제공 뿐만 아니라 올바른 태도형성을 위한 교육을 함께 제공할 필요가 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.279-285
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• 2000

A survey was conducted to examine the effect of food irradiation education on college students' knowledge and acceptance of food irradiation. The instrument for the knowledge and acceptance of food irradiation was administered before and after food irradiation education, to 150 students majoring in food and nutrition or food technology in the Chungnam National University. Before the education approximately 93% of the respondents did not know that radioactivity dose not remain in food after irradiation; whereas, after education half of them thought that radioactivity dose not remain in irradiated food. Knowledge about food irradiation has improved through education. The education significantly increased all the mean scores of need for food irradiation and willingness to use irradiated foods for the six food groups (p<0.01). The education significantly decreased the mean scores of concern about the irradiated food for all the six food groups (p<0.01). Although the responses to irradiated foods are, in general, negative or neutral even after education, the mean scores of acceptance of the irradiated foods have improved through education in all the six food groups (p<0.01). In conclusion, this study showed that food irradiation education may positively affect the college students' knowledge and acceptance of food irradiation, and that the development of both the appropriate detection methods to identify irradiated foods and the education programs to enlighten the college students are needed.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.203-209
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• 1998

The development of methods for the identification of irradiated foods helps enforce national and international regulations on labelling to ensure the consumer's free choice to buy irradiated or unirradiated foods. and the availabilityof such methods may assist the promotion of international trade in irradiated food products and help prevent abuse of the technology. A number of approaches to determine the physical , chemical, microbiological and biological changes that occur in foods treated with ionizing radiation have been studied. However no single method is universally applicable. Among physical measurements, the leading methods of indentification are electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and thermoluminescence(TL). ESR is an established non-destructive method for the analysis of free radicals from their traps and TL is the emission of light from irradiated mineral extracts by heating. Viscosity of carbohydrate polymers by causing chain breaks by irradiation, measuring the impedance of potatoes and detection of gases produced radiolytically are promising techniques for identification purposes. Irradiated water-containing foods show significant supercooling when monitored with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), which can be applied to identifying irradiated ones.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.246-252
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• 2016

This paper presents basic supporting data necessary for planning an educational intervention strategy as part of a communication strategy that would form an extensive national consensus on and enhance national understanding of irradiated foods. A survey was conducted to collect data on the knowledge, attitude, and behavior with regard to irradiated foods among community. It appeared 133 male (36.5%) and 231 women persons (63.5%). After irradiated food were analyzed, whole knowledge, attitude, and behavior standard to the irradiated food is 2.32, 11.90, and 12.92 scores respectively. The knowledge, attitude, behavior of irradiated foods according to person characteristics were analyzed. The knowledge on irradiated food was statistical difference by gender, age, education standard and occupation (p<0.05), whereas no statistical difference marriage (p>0.05). The attitude on irradiated food was statistical difference by age, education standard and occupation (p<0.05), whereas no statistical difference gender (p>0.05). The behavior on irradiated food was statistical difference by age, education standard and occupation (p<0.05), whereas no statistical difference gender and marriage (p>0.05). The coefficient of correlation of knowledge and attitude in irradiated food showed positive correlation of r=0.324 (p<0.01). The coefficient of correlation of knowledge and behavior in irradiated food showed negative correlation of r=-0.118 (p<0.05). The coefficient of correlation of attitude and behavior in irradiated food showed negative correlation of r=-0.316 (p<0.01).

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.435-440
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• 2012

본 연구는 2011년 일본 후쿠시마 원자력 발전소 방사선 누출사고가 방사능 오염식품과 방사선 조사식품에 관한 유치원 부모의 인식에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 국민건강자료를 제공하는데 의의가 있다. 본 연구는 2012년 8월 J시의 K와 M유치원의 학부모 205명을 대상으로 설문지를 배부하여 회수된 178명의 자료를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 일본 원전사고는 방사능 오염식품에 대한 학부모의 불안감에 영향을 미쳤으며, 방사선조사 식품에 대한 부모들의 인식은 낮았다. 결론적으로 방사선조사 식품에 대한 유치원 부모들의 인식을 높이고, 방사능 오염식품과의 명확한 구분 및 올바른 인식을 돕는 적극적인 홍보와 부모교육이 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.269-277
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• 2000

A survey was conducted to examine the knowledge and acceptance of food irradiation in order to provide baseline data required in the development of food irradiation education programs for college students. 150 students majoring in food and nutrition or food technology in the Chungnam National University were chosen for a survey. The results are as follows. First, college students' knowledge about food irradiation is scanty. Knowledge assessment showed that 56% of the participants had previously heard of food irradiation. 68% of the respondents thought that radioactivity remains in food after irradiation and 25.3% of them were not sure whether radioactivity remains in food after irradiation or not. Only half of the respondents thought that nutrient loss due to irradiation is equal to or lower than that due to cooking or freezing. Second, approximately 56% of the respondents showed that food irradiation is somewhat or strongly needed for meat or fish; whereas, over 60% of them showed that food irradiation is not needed for grain, vegetable and fruit. Almost 40% of the respondents were seriously concerned about irradiation of vegetables and fruits; whereas, they showed less concern about spice irradiation. More than half of the respondents were not willing to use irradiated food in all the six food groups. Third, the correlation analysis showed that the need of food irradiation is negatively correlated with concerning about the irradiated fish and fruits, but positively correlated with willingness to use irradiated food in all the five food groups, except in spices. Concern about the irradiated food is negatively correlated with willingness to use irradiated food from all the six food groups. Fourth, almost all the respondents (over 90%) agreed that the irradiated food labeling is required as well as the development of proper methods to identify irradiated foods.

• 한국식품영양과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품영양과학회 2000년도 추계 연합심포지엄.학술발표회 논문발표집
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• pp.162-162
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• 2000

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2004

Food irradiation has been steadily increased in many countries concomitantly with increasing international trades and concerns about naturally occurring harmful contaminants of food. Although, irradiation provides an excellent safeguard for the consumer by destroying harmful bacteria, it would be necessary to investigate nutritional adequacy of irradiated foods with a special emphasis on such foods as red pepper powders, cold-water fishes (mackerel), sesame seeds that are widely consumed in Korea. These food items are of special concern due to the fact that most of them are imported and that several nutrients contained in them are sensitively reacting to irradiation. We observed changes in the antioxidant nutrients contents, such as vitamin A, $\beta$-carotene, vitamin C and total phenol, and also vitamin B$_1$ in the foods that were irradiated at different dose levels. The nutrients contents in red pepper were respectively 98.6% and 92.3％ for total phenol, and 97.8% and 94.5% for $\beta$-carotene, right after irradiation at the dose of 10 and 20 kGy. The vitamin C contents decreased with irradiation doses up to 76.4% (10 kGy) and 68.5% (20 kGy) and B$_1$ contents decreased to 54.9% and 80.7% of non irradiated red pepper. When the mackerel was irradiated at the applied dose of 3 and 7 kGy, total phenol concentration of the irradiated fish was respectively 91.3% and 94.2% of non irradiated fish. The amounts of vitamin A were 82.6% (3 kGy) and 78.0% (7 kGy) of unirradiated sample and vitamin B$_1$ contents reduced to 30.5% and 51.5%. $\alpha$-Tocopherol content was 33.9% of the non-irradiated one when it was irradiated at 7 kGy. Vitamin A and ${\gamma}$-tocopherol contents in sesame seeds linearly decreased with the applied doses (5 and 10 kGy) Vitamin A contents decreased up to 87.8% (5 kGy) and 82.9% (10 kGy) and that of ${\gamma}$-tocopherol were 72.4% and 66.5% of the unirradiated sample.