태국의 수산식품 안전관리에 관한 연구

A Study on the Safety Management of Seafood Products in Thailand

The worldwide public interests on the safety and the reliability of seafood products have been growing in recent years. Though food is an essential element of supporting human life, the cases prejudicial to human life caused by it are often occurring. As seafood is particularly vulnerable to deterioration, it is inevitable to inspect the entire process of production from fishing, processing and distribution for the purpose of preventing the occurrence of such a harm. In this study, the safety management of seafood in Thailand has been reviewed. The results of this study showed that Thailand, one of the major seafood-export country in the world, is promoting the safe import and export of seafood by letting DOF(Department Of Fisheries), the authority in charge of seafood, implement constant monitoring in the course of seafood production and the certificate of HACCP(Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) for quality management. In addition, the registration system targeting all the culturists is being enforced for the safe management of shrimp aquaculture process, and the sanitation management tailored to Codex guidelines and COC(Code Of Conduct) certification project are also being implemented. In the processing procedure of seafood, the seafood factories are classified into 4 categories from A to D according to the production capacity and business type, and the export of those who are classified as D is prohibited thereby; moreover, the efforts to give customers a sense of reliability are being exerted by thorough safety management. The safety of seafood is thoroughly managed and inspected through the strict procedures as the implementation of registration system even in the process of import and export. Through this study, the present condition of seafood safety management in Thailand, the world's third largest seafood-export country, has been reviewed and the suggestions to the importers and the consumers in Korea who are intaking lots of shrimps and tunas-the major export items of Thailand-have been made hereby.