Abstract
Food safety systems are being actively implemented in many countries because consumers are becoming seriously concerned on food safety issues. In Korea, the number of stakeholders, such as farmers, distributors and retailers, who join the GAP Program or Traceability System increases rapidly due to the public information and education campaign by the government for the establishment of food safety system from production to consumption stage. Some farmers expect a higher price for their products that are produced under the GAP Program or Traceability System. Some consumers, however, do not recognize the presence of products of GAP and the Traceability System because there is limited distribution of GAP and Traceability System products at discount stores. For this reason, some farmers who have registered in the GAP Program or Traceability System did not implement or postponed their implementation of GAP or Traceability system. Some farmers were not satisfied with the Traceability System because it is not implemented in the wholesale market. For the wide implementation of the GAP Program and Traceability System, farmers should recognize the purposes of its implementation, that is, from having added price to the production of safe food. The Traceability System should also be introduced at the wholesale market as soon as possible.
