IMF(국제통화기금)체제 하에서는 우리나라 경제의 모든 분야가 정도의 차이는 있으나 어려움을 겪고 있다. 외환부족과 환율상승으로 빚어진 금융위기가 UR 협상의 파고보다 더 거칠게 산업전반에 영향이 미치고 있으며, IMF협정(1997. 12. 3)이후인 지난해 12월에는 외환사정으로 한때 국내 사료업체들이 원료수입을 위한 연지급 수입신용장(Usance L/C)을 개설하지 못하여 사료원료 수입이 전면 중단되고, 환율상승으로 사료가격이 이미 36%나 인상된

The contents of articles on food safety and policy in the Donga and Chosun Ilbo from January 1960 to June 1996 were analyzed for the evaluation of subjects and trends in mass media. Among the total of 490 articles, those on cereals were most frequently appeared (20.0%), followed by the articles on sea foods (10.6%) and meats (10.0%). Articles on fats and oils were the least (2.0%) in frequencies. The proportions of articles classified based on the 10-year interval were 28.0% in the 60's, 28.0% in the 70's, 20.6% in the 80's, and 23.4% in the 90's. Major contents of articles were the safety of imported foods, food contaminations by agricultural chemicals, heavy metals and harmful additives.