In this study, we compared the differences and similarities between the Korean food culture and the Vietnamese food culture by surveying food resources and researching the process of Korean food being accepted into Vietnam. We suggest countermeasures for advancing Korean food into Vietnam. We conducted in-depth interviews regarding Korean food with Vietnamese food specialists who ate Korean food. As a result, Vietnamese foodies eagerly recognized that the most representative thing about Korean food was the special properties of its various and affluent side dishes. They were also aware of kimchi, made of various vegetables and condiments, as an excellent side dish compared to the Vietnamese who's staple is boiled rice. Furthermore, the flavor of Korean food was preferred by the Vietnamese who were familiar with foods such as Neue-ok-mom or fermented seafood. It was thought that the new food could be eaten with many vegetables. The specialists replied that the most typical functional property of Korean food was health. The acceptance process of Korean food into Vietnam was based on the acculturation theory. That made the Vietnamese easily experienced strange culture in the case of propagation by whom have already experienced, through the selective filter steps by various images of Korea, and made them accept the Korean food through temporary choose and acceptance step such as recommendations by friends. Globalization strategies for Korean food proposed by the Vietnamese foodies were public relations marketing in voluntary contact environments, distinguishing traditional Korean foods through research and development, and globalization by diversifying the Korean restaurant concept.

Inadequate food handling and poor hand hygiene play a major role in the occurrence of foodborne diseases. The objective of this study was to find out if the level of microbial contamination on the hands of food preparers varies by time during their working period. This study focused on the contamination of aerobic plate count,total and fecal coliforms, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella spp. Sampling from left hand and right hand of twenty food preparers was done with glove-juice method at every two hours during their work. Microbiological testing was conducted according to the Food Code of Korea. The microbiological load on the hands was changed over time. Samples taken from their hands before work and at 8 hours showed higher levels of bacteria than those taken at 2, 4, and 6 hours during work and/or after work (p < 0.05). The contamination levels of microorganisms were consistently higher in right hand than in left hand. Poor hand hygiene practices were indicated by the positive results for total and fecal coliforms, E. coli, S. aureus, and Salmonella spp. on the hands of some food preparers. This study indicates food preparers' hands can be a vehicle of pathogen during their work. The results of this study emphasize the importance of hand hygiene education and training targeting the food preparers.

김치 및 젓갈 등의 150여 전통 발효 식품을 시료로 하여 protease 활성을 갖는 유산균을 분리한 결과, 24 U/mgcrude protein의 높은 활성을 갖는 젖산균 BV-26 균주을 분리하였다. API 50CHL kit를 이용하여 BV-26 균주의 당 이용성을 분석하고 16S rRNA 염기서열(99.9% 상동성)을 비교한 결과, 분리된 균주를 L. plantarum BV-26으로 표기하였다. L. plantarum BV-26의 생장과 protease 활성 변화를 MRS 배지를 이용하여 측정한 결과, L. plantarum BV-26의 생장은 배양 6시간 이후 활발하게 진행되어 18시간에 최고의 균체 농도를 보였으며, protease 활성은 배양 후 12시간부터 생성되기 시작하여 16시간에서 최고의 활성을 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 분리된 L. plantarum BV-26을 동물사료의 발효용 스타터로 이용할 경우 유산균이 갖는 유익한 장점 및 안전성을 확보할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 특히 대두박의 발효시 사료의 영양적 가치를 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

오징어 젓갈과 한치 젓갈의 차이를 질량분석기를 기반으로 한 전자코를 이용하여 분석한 결과 두 시료의 mass spectrum은 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. 판별함수분석을 통해 휘발성분의 패턴을 분석한 결과 오징어 젓갈과 한치 젓갈이 뚜렷이 구분되었으며 젓갈의 양념을 제거한 후 분석하였을 때 구분이 더 잘되었다. 결과적으로 전자코를 이용하여 유사 식품 간의 차이를 충분히 구분 가능하였으며 이러한 결과는 추후 젓갈뿐 아니라 다양한 방면에 적용 가능할 것으로 보여 EMA 식품을 선별하는 데에도 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

이 총설에서는 반응표면분석법을 이용하여 식품제조프로세스를 최적화하는 방법에 대하여 검토하였다. 반응표면분석을 수행하기 위한 절차와 반응표면분석의 필수적인 기본 이론을 설명하였고, 반응표면분석법 중에서도 대부분 사용되는 2차 실험계획법(3인자 완전요인, 중심합성, Box-Behnken, 및 Doehlert 계획법)들에 대한 장단점 및 효율성을 비교하였다. 식품제조프로세스를 최적화하는데 반응표면분석법을 적용하기 위해서는 우선 실험계획을 선택하고, 적절한 모델함수를 적합화한 다음, 적합화된 모델의 질 및 실험데이터와의 예측의 정확성을 평가할 필요가 있다. 식품제조프로세스를 최적화할 때 일부요인계획, 완전요인계획 및 Plackett-Burman 계획 등과 같은 실험계획법을 사용하여 중요한 실험인자를 일차적으로 스크린한 다음, 2차 실험계획법을 선택하는 것이 바람직하다. 실제적으로 최적실험조건을 찾기 위해서는 F-test, 수정 R2 등과 같은 분산분석을 사용하여 모델을 적합화하는 것이 바람직하다. Doehlert 계획과 Box-Behnken 계획은 중심합성계획법보다 좀 더 효율적이며, 최근에는 이 계획들을 적용한 문헌의 수가 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 더욱이 이 계획들은 3수준 완전요인계획법보다는 비교할 필요도 없이 훨씬 더 효율적이다. Box-Behnken설계는 식품분야에서와 같이 극한조건(즉, 인자들이 동시에 가장 높거나 혹은 가장 낮은 수준의 실험 조건)하에서 실험을 하는 것을 피하고자 할 때 유용하다. Doehlert 계획에서는 각 인자들의 수준(level)이 다르기 때문에, 몇몇 인자들이 가격적인 면에서 그리고(혹은) 장비사용에 제약을 받는 제한이 있다든지 혹은 인자의 중요도에 따라 수준의 수를 조절해야 할 필요가 있을 때에는 Doehlert 계획이 아주 유용하다. 종래에는 반응표면분석법의 2차 회귀모델 실험계획법 중에서 다른 계획법(Box-Behnken 계획 및 Doehlert 계획)에 비해 중심합성계획법을 압도적으로 많이 적용해 왔다. 그러나 Box-Behnken 계획 및 Doehlert 계획은 중심합성계획법보다 장점이 많기 때문에, 향후에는 Doehlert 계획과 Box-Behnken 계획을 사용하여 식품제조프로세스를 최적화하는 쪽으로 초점이 맞추어 지리라고 전망한다.

Temperature and nutrition are the two most important environmental factors influencing growth and survival in immature insects. There is ample evidence of interactions between these two factors but still little is known how changes in thermal environment affect feeding and nutrient utilization insect ectotherms. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential effects of ambient temperature on food selection and post-ingestive nutritional physiology in a generalist-feeding caterpillar of Spodorptera litura. Two separate experiments were performed. The first was a food choice experiment in which caterpillars were maintained through their final larval stadium under one of three constant temperatures(20,25,30°) and given a choice between two nutritionally unbalanced diets that differed in protein(p) and carbohydrate(c) content (p42:c0 vs p7:c35 and p35:c7 vs p7:c35). In the second experiment, caterpillars were kept at the same thermal conditions as the first experiment but received a single diet from three no-choice feeding treatments(p35:c7,p21:c21and p7:c35). When raised at the highest temperature (30C), caterpillars from the choice experiment selected significantly more carbohydrate than those on lower temperatures whereas protein intake did not differ significantly between caterpillars across three test temperatures. Results from the no-choice experiment showed that lipid storage efficiency was reduced when caterpillars were maintained at the highest temperature(30C). In both experiments, growth rate increased progressively with rising temperature. However, there was a significant temperature-by-diet interaction, with growth rates increasing more rapidly on p21:c21 diet than on the other diets(p35:c7 and p7:c35). Our results demonstrate that caterpillars adjust their nutrient preference to meet the increased energetic demand at high ambient temperature.

We examined household's food expenditures in this study. The empirical work outlined here used quarterly data from 2003 Q1 to 2010 Q3. All variables are in log form and were obtained from the Korea National Statistical Office. The food items included cereals, dairy products, fruits, meat, vegetables, and alcoholic beverages. We applied the ordinary least squares method to a model consisting of household income and seasonal dummies. This is because household expenditures are ordinarily a function of income and have seasonal characteristics. The household's food consumption patterns also reflect the prevailing social and environmental circumstances. This study showed that the income coefficients of cereals, meat, dairy products, and alcoholic beverages tend to increase in the long-run, whereas those of vegetables and fruits decreased. The results also revealed that consumption of alcoholic beverages and meat was greatly affected by household income fluctuations, whereas those of vegetables and dairy products were not sensitive to income. The impulse response functions indicated that expenditures not only increased slowly before peaking one to eight quarters after the income shock but declined very slowly to pre-shock levels. The response of dairy products at the twelfth step was three times as large as that of the first step.

To identify "Gongsik", defined as food-sharing by picking food from a common plate using personal utensils, we conducted 7 focus group interviews including 47 university students during a 6 month period. Focus group discussions were audio taped, transcribed, and categorized into major themes. We divided Gongsik into the following categories: practical reasons, socio-psychological reasons, boundaries, suppressive situations, emotional characteristics, attitudes towards using different utensils, and future prospects. Gongsik appeared to be useful for fostering quick food sharing, intimacy and solidarity, and a fixed behavior learned at home. If the amount of food was too small to provide individual servings, as in Jjigae, Gongsik was likely to occur spontaneously. Family, close relatives, friends, and lovers sharing common activities and/ or blood ties were composed the boundaries of Gongsik. However, Gongsik was avoided in elegant restaurants or in view of foreigners. Participants showed mixed feelings towards Gongsik. Gongsik conducted with a spoon was considered to increase the degree of suggested intimacy in a food sharing context. Half of the students believed that the practice of Gongsik would be maintained into the future. Gongsik is a culturally-specific behavior that includes both positive and negative meanings. Aside from improving understanding of the cultural aspects of food-sharing, we suggest that the negative aspects of Gongsik related to the issue of hygiene be considered in food and nutrition education.

The purpose of this study was to survey Chinese university or college students' preference for and satisfaction with Korean food in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas. A questionnaire developed from literature review included a series of questions about Korean food that included preference, satisfaction, product quality, and customer satisfaction. We analyzed 240 valid responses. Statistical analyses, including frequence, IPA, factor analysis, and regression were performed using SPSS software. Of the 41 kinds of Korean food included, the students' average preference was 3.24 and satisfaction was 3.23 on a 5-point scale. The students questioned preferred Bulgogi (3.99), Galbigui (3.92), Galbitang (3.88), Galbizzim (3.87), and Samgyeopsal (3.86) to other Korean foods. With regard to satisfaction, Bulgogi (3.94) was chosen by Chinese students as the most satisfying Korean food, followed by Galbitang (3.80) and Galbigui (3.80). The perceived quality of the Korean food also had a significant influence on customer satisfaction.

The commission assessment and cost analysis of a measuring rate system of food waste were performed to account a total budget. The selling price of tax clearance was between about 240 wons and 270 wons, a vinyl bag was sold at from about 260 wons to 290 wons, based on a vessel size of 5L. After one year the measured rate system was enforced, the total cost for buying vessels in the Daejeon metropolitan city area was accounted about 720 million wons. Purchasing cost of bar code tax clearance and vinyl bags were decreased to 215 million wons due to the reduction rate, while the selling cost was increased to 328 million wons, compared with the existing cost. Therefore, the total saving cost was 2,639 million wons per year in the city.

Recently, speedy, convenient and easy detection technologies have been developed rapidly and on the contrary, studies on development of traditional detectors applying biochemical characteristics has gradually been decreased. This review examined trend in current studies on detection of food-borne pathogenic microorganisms in the fields of selective media, immuno-assay, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), microarray, terahertz spectroscopy &imagination and so on. Most traditional methods to detect the organisms from food matrix rely on selective media and such a method have disadvantages like long time requirement and distinguishing one species only from each selective medium although they are highly economical. Various new convenient methods such as Enzyme Linked Immuno-sorbent Assay (ELISA), paper-strip kit, fluoroimmunoassay etc. have been developed. The most ideal method for detecting food-borne pathogenic microorganisms in foods should be accurate, convenient, rapid and economical. Additionally, it is needed that capabilities of quantitative analysis and automation to be applied to industries.

3-MCPD created in manufacture process was regulated in our country about soy sauce and HVP. The latest paper reported that Bound 3-MCPD is created as intermediate. Germany common risk assesment reported that Bound 3-MCPD must be reduced because Bound 3-MCPD can be created in estimation circle when this is hydrolyzed in human body, but the data about the toxity of Bound 3-MCPD is lack. Therefore, We analysis about 209 items food such as soy sauce, seasoning food and meat-eating manufactured goods using bound 3-MCPD analysis method developed recently. As result of survey, bound 3-MCPD detected in 8 items among 44 traditional sauce (0.02~0.28ppm), 8 of soup 12 items (0.01~0.96ppm), in 22 items of sauce 60 items (0.01~0.55ppm), in 16 items of meateating manufactured foods 30 items (0.04~0.18ppm), in 20 items of snack cookies 28 items (0.09~1.43ppm), in 8 in roasted oil foods 10 items (0.04~1.22ppm), in 6 items of peanut processed food 10 items (0.06~0.25ppm), in 1 of vegetable cream 15 items (0.05ppm). Detected level was lower than the result of monitored by other countries.

Total aflatoxin (B₁+ B₂+ G₁+ G₂) maximum levels of 15 μg/kg (B₁= 10 μg/kg) were set for grain,beans, peanut, nuts & their processed food (grinding, cutting etc.), processed cereal product & processed bean product,confectionaries (peanut or nut-containing food), soybean paste, red pepper paste, dried red pepper, processed corn products for popcorn and steamed rice. The maximum levels for aflatoxin M₁ are 0.5 μg/kg for raw milk and milks before manufacturing processing. The patulin maximum level is 50 μg/kg in apple juice and apple juice concentrate (including concentrate to use as raw material and converted by concentration multiple). The ochratoxin A is managed at the maximum levels of 5 μg/kg in wheat, barley, rye, coffee beans and roasted coffee, 10 μg/kg in instant coffee and raisin,2 μg/kg in Grape juice, concentrated grape juice as reconstituted and wine. The fumonisins (B₁+ B₂) maximum levels are 4000 μg/kg in corn, 2000 μg/kg in corn processed food (grinding, cutting etc.) and corn powder, 1000 μg/kg in processed corn products. Standards for mycotoxins in food have been established and the mycotoxin risk in food is managed reasonably and scientifically, based on risk assessment and exposure analysis.