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A Survey on the Consumer's Recognition of Food Labeling in Seoul Area

서울지역 소비자들의 식품표시에 대한 인식도 조사

  • Choi, Mi-Hee (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Women's University) ;
  • Youn, Su-Jin (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Women's University) ;
  • Ahn, Yeong-Sun (Food Management Division, Food Safety Bureau, Risk Prevention Policy Bureau, KFDA) ;
  • Seo, Kab-Jong (Risk Prevention Policy Division, Risk Prevention Policy Bureau, KFDA) ;
  • Park, Ki-Hwan (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Gun-Hee (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Women's University)
  • 최미희 (덕성여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 윤수진 (덕성여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 안영순 (식품의약품안전청 식품안전국 식품관리과) ;
  • 서갑종 (식품의약품안전청 위해예방정책국 위해예방정책과) ;
  • 박기환 (중앙대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 김건희 (덕성여자대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.06.23
  • Accepted : 2010.09.10
  • Published : 2010.10.31
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Abstract

This study investigated consumer's recognition of food labeling in order to contribute to the development of food labels which are more informative to consumers. The questionnaires had been collected from 120 male and female customers living in Seoul with the age between 10's and 60's from November 2nd to November 7th 2009. For checking the food label at the time of purchase, 58.3% of the consumers checked the food label and the main reason for checking the food label was to confirm sell-by date (60.1%). Sixty percent of the consumers were satisfied with the current food labeling. Among those who are not satisfied, 30.6% complained about difficult terms to understand and 25.8% were dissatisfied with insufficient information. In every age group, most people were not satisfied with labeling on food ingredient and additives, followed by date of manufacture and sell-by date. 53.1% of consumers demanded to label date of manufacture and sell-by date together. For more clear information, consumers wanted use-by date (47.5%) rather than sell-by date (23.3%). 56.7% of consumers was dissatisfied with warning information such as allergic warning and the reasons for dissatisfaction were poor visibility (37.5%) and insufficient information (33.4%). Moreover most consumers (90.0%) showed little knowledge on irradiation. To improve of the food labeling standards into consumer-oriented standards, both amendment of the food labeling standards and consumer education will be necessary.

본 연구는 식품 등의 표시기준 개선을 위한 기초자료 수집을 목적으로 서울지역 소비자들의 식품표시에 대한 인식도와 만족도를 조사한 것으로, 소비자 120명의 인터뷰 조사를 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 식품표시에 대한 소비자 인식도 조사결과, 식품표시를 확인하는 비율은 응답자의 58.3%가 식품구매 시 표시를 확인하는 것으로 나타났으며, 식품표시를 확인하는 이유로는 유통기한을 확인하기 위해서가 60.1%로 가장 높게 나타나 소비자들이 식품을 구입할 때 식품의 안전성 여부에 가장 큰 관심을 갖고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 식품표시에 대한 만족도 조사에서는 소비자의 60.0%가 만족하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 불만족하는 이유로는 표시된 용어가 잘 이해되지 않음(30.6%), 표시된 내용이 충분하지 않음(25.8%) 등이 있었고, 식품표시 항목 중 가장 불만족하는 항목으로는 '식품첨가물 및 원재료 함량 표시(45.5%)' 였으며 그 다음으로 '제조연월일 및 유통기한 표시(20.8%)' 순이었다. 세부표시기준에 대한 이해도 및 선호도 조사에서 소비자들의 53.1%가 제조연월일과 유통기한이 모두 표시되지 않는 것에 대한 불만족도가 높았으며(53.1%), 유통기한 표시로는 소비기한(소비자가 섭취 가능한 기한)에 대한 선호도(47.5%)가 가장 높았다. 소비자 안전을 위한 주의사항 표시에 대한 만족도는 43.3%로 비교적 낮게 나타났으며, 만족하지 못하는 이유로는 눈에 띄지 않아 확인하기 어렵고(37.5%) 표시에 제공되는 정보가 충분하지 않기 때문(33.4%)으로 나타났다. 또한 소비자의 90.0%가 방사선조사에 대해 잘 모르고 있는 것으로 나타나 방사선조사 식품의 표시제가 강화되는 만큼 방사선조사에 대한 인식도와 수용도 제고를 위한 소비자 교육의 강화가 필요하리라 사료된다.

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