Construction and Management Status of Agri-Food Safety Information System of Korea

The food safety management system in Korea is largely managed by MIFAFF and KFDA. Especially for the Agri-food safety management, MIFAFF and its affiliated organizations are responsible to food safety management business. Agri-food safety Information System has provide safety information to consumers in real time by connecting it to the food safety management information systems of MIFAFF's affiliated organizations. Moreover, this system has constructed and operated with an integrated DB and information sharing system through an information joint utilization system. The number of users who visited the web site of Agri-food Safety Information System (food safety) was 196,882 per year and the number of inquiries made appeared to be 720,482 annually. Also, survey results showing the degree of satisfaction of site users showed 71.2 points as a whole which means that users were generally satisfied and showed 70,2 points of satisfaction degree for convenience of using the service. Agri-food Safety Information System is planned to be upgraded continuously in the future by connecting practical safety management information and by constructing Emergency Warning System and Crisis Coping System which can be used to promptly cope with situation when a food accident occurs.