위해평가 기술 선진화를 위한 조사연구

Abstract

The Purpose of the study is investigation on the advance of food safety risk assessment techniques and the management of the KFDA-BfR Joint international symposium. This study identifies organization, infrastructure, techniques, risk assessment examples, and research trends of domestic and foreign risk assessment agencies as well as their co-working and support system. With the current situation such as structural system and the support systems such as education method being analyzed, this study suggests improvements for organization and support system pertaining to food safety risk assessment techniques of Korea. As results of foreign trend, each of countries conducts risk assessment and management by integrating or separate agencies in order for appropriate operation fitted with their own situation as well as private committee participation, a principle of the disclosure of information, and reinforcement of interministerial or international cooperation system. Along with risk communication of institutions on the rise, data management system, education and training programs are supported At the KFDA-BfR joint international symposium held on 7~8, November 2011, they suggested fields for future cooperation and exchange between agencies. The symposium content was comprised of 3 sessions; risk communication, risk management and risk assessment with 15 scientists and experts from Korea, Germany, and Japan announcing. They also decided to hold the next BFR-KFDA joint international symposium in 2013 in Berlin and agreed that they should conduct joint researches in collaboration with Germany, Denmark, Brazil, and China joint researches funded by the EU. In conclusion, it is more important to functionally ensure independence of the risk assessment rather than transformation of the existing organization system. It is necessary to establish risk management strategy based on results from the risk assessment, realize the new paradigm of the risk assessment, and implement education, training, and surveillance in order to ensure reliability of assessment results. For support system, it is required to build unified database management system, invigorate exchange for risk information with international organizations or developed countries, and strengthen domestic and foreign cooperation by expanding MOU and joint researches.