Advancement of Agro-food Safety System in Korea

Jihyeon Choi and Soung-Hun Kim

Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje, 2007, vol. 30, issue 2

Abstract: The dramatic expansion of Korean agro-food industry and the increase of agro-food imports make Korean food consumers concerned with agro-food safety. In addition, the recent outbreaks of food-borne diseases, including mad cow disease (BSE) and the High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), have exacerbated the jitters about agro-food safety control policy. In order to manage agro-food safety, the Korean government has implemented various agro-food safety management systems. However, the Korean agro-food safety system still has many problems, which are barriers to a safer agro-food environment in Korea. This paper analyzes the current situation of the agro-food safety system in Korea and the issues related with the risk analysis system, and reviews agro-food safety programs and outstanding issues. Then, a new agro-food safety system and polices are proposed as the results of this study.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/290474/files/2007-30-47.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:jordng:290474

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.290474

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje from Korea Rural Economic Institute Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().