Competition For Jurisdiction Over Food Industry in South Korea

• Main Author: SUNGEUN PARK
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2011-08-01
• Series: Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan
• Online Access: https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/165

In spite of the government’s multilateral effort to control food safety, there have been constantly many<br />shock events threatening citizens’ health. This paper points out the matter of food safety management<br />system with a view of competition for jurisdiction over food industry among the Ministry of Health<br />and Welfare and the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and affiliated<br />organizations. Use description qualitative method in research. Each ministry has separate basic<br />positions and approaches to food industry policy: regulation and promotion.The policy image has been<br />changed into “regulation” as public anxiety and concern for hazardous foods has grown since the end<br />of 1990. They competeto take charge of promoting or regulating the food industry by establishing or<br />amending laws, expanding organizations and mobilizing a coalition.Coordination by policy committee,<br />cooperation between agencies, and integration of agencies were introduced as measures to eliminate<br />unnecessary competition for jurisdiction.