Basic Aspects of Consumer Education In Diet Life

Abstract

The prime factor in our diet life is the safety of food. In recent years, some worrisome problems have arisen about this. For example, new carcinogenic substances have been found in food additives, while imported foodstuffs are posing such problems as post-harvest pesticide, antimicrobial agents, antibiotics and mold. This paper discusses how to consider fundamental issues of food safety in consumer education rather than individual questions. Then the paper deals with several typical trends concerning food which are expected to be more important in the years ahead. Among these is consumer orientation toward the maintenance of health. Discussions cover the background and present condition of this trend and diet's role for health improvement. Other themes dealt with include the problem of information sources helpful to the betterment of health, basic, knowledge on diet and consumer education and problems relating labeling to health.