「어린이 식생활 안전관리특별법」상 어린이 기호식품 관리제도의 주요 내용 및 법적 문제점에 관한 연구

As westernized eating habits and the number of two-income families increase, child obesity, tooth decay, nutrition imbalance, and excessive intake of food addictives have become major social problems. Anxiety over children’s eating habits has increased with the growing sales of low-cost foods that are unhygienic and contain low-quality ingredients as well as the sale of junk food without proper labeling—storage information, ingredients, nutritional value, etc. These types of food inhibit the emotional development of children. Thus, the necessity of governmental intervention has risen. Therefore, on February 19, 2008, the National Assembly passed a resolution referred to as the Special Act on Children Eating Habit Safety Management」. Though enacted as act 8943 on March 21st, 2008, it had one year of legal delay, and did not come into effect until March 22, 2009, after two partial reformations. This article examines the legal problems and contents of the 「Special Act on Children Eating Habit Safety Management」. It focuses on i) the definition of children food preferences, ii) the Children Green Food Zone designation system, iii) the sales regulation of high calorie-low nutrition food, emotion inhibiting food, and iv) the labeling regulation for children food preference. The article concludes with suggestions for improvement.