불량식품범죄에 대한 효과적인 대응방안

In spite of the statement by the government on its stance to actively respond to unsanitary food crime, it cannot be denied upon reviewing its details that there are areas that need to be closely reviewed. First off, defining that "'unsanitary food crime' in Food Sanitation Act refers to a crime that corresponds to one of the following sub-paragraphs" is most appropriate in the way to define the concept of unsanitary food crime. In addition, there is a need to transfer the criminal punishment regulation of other food related laws in addition to Food Sanitation Act when defining specific sub-paragraph. Additionally, it would be also appropriate to enact what could be tentatively called 'Special Act on the Prevention & Punishment of Particular Food Crime' that combine all the laws scattered in various government departments of the administration. Next, the fact that food sanitation act violators are being punished centering on monetary penalty or administrative measure while actual sentence is light is not an issue contained by the current statutory punishment. It appears that current statutory punishment is sufficient for the criminal penalty against unsanitary food crime, and it is rather desirable to present an alternative centering on the swiftness, certainty and justice of punishment instead of response centering on severe sentence. If the issue of existing punishment is to be improved nonetheless, it would required the work of further specifying and subdividing the type omitted in the existing punishment subject or existing composition requisites. In addition, newly establishing a provision of imposing fine or penalty in additional form would be unnecessary. For the purpose of preventing false report,lastly, reducing the amount of reward given to good citizens that report seems inappropriate since it could hinder the use of report reward policy as restriction measures should be taken against citizens that file false report.