Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture (한국식생활문화학회지)
- Volume 10 Issue 3
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- Pages.175-184
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- 1995
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- 1225-7060(pISSN)
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- 2288-7148(eISSN)
A Basic Research For the Adoption and Implementation of Nutrition Labeling (II): Comparative Perceptions of Consumers, Producers and Government Officials
식품의 영양표시제도 정착을 위한 기초조사(II): 소비자, 기업체, 공무원 인식 비교 연구
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Park, Hae-Ryun
(Department of Food and Nutrition, Myungji University) ;
- Min, Young-Hee (Department of Food and Nutrition, Myungji University) ;
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Jung, Hae-Rang
(Korea Institute of Food Hygiene)
- Published : 1995.07.30
Abstract
The awareness of the nutrition labeling of 82 food producers and 668 government officials was assessed and compared, from May to June in 1994, to that of consumers. Compared to 82.4% of cosumers, 48.1% of producers and 47.8% of officials answered that nutrition labeling is necessary. 48% of producers expected a modest food price rise, but 70% thought food sales would not be affected with nutrition labeling. While being worried about the regulatory difficulties and the increased work load given the inadequate implementation of the current food labeling system due to insufficient personnel, 50.2% of officials wanted the new nutrition labeling system to be introduced within
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