The purpose of this Act is to contribute to promoting children’s health by prescribing matters necessary for supplying safe and nutritionally balanced foods in order to help children acquire proper dietary habits.
Article 2 (Definitions)
The terms used in this Act shall be defined as follows: <Amended by Act No. 10310, May 25, 2010>
1. The term “children” means students of a school prescribed in subparagraph 3 or children under the Child Welfare Act;
2. The term “children’s preferred foods” means foods that children prefer or eat frequently among foods under the Food Sanitation Act or the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, which are prescribed by Presidential Decree;
3. The term “school” means an elementary school, middle school, high school or special school under Article 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;
4. The term “children’s dietary life safety index” means a numerical value (hereinafter referred to as “dietary life safety index”) obtained by evaluating the degree of implementation of policy on food safety and nutrition management for children and of improvement of the environment of manufacturing, selling or supplying children’s preferred foods, group meals, etc.;
5. The term “high-calorie low-nutrient foods” means children's preferred foods likely to cause obesity or nutritional imbalance, which are higher in calorie and lower in nutritional value than the standards determined by the Commissioner of the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
