Objective To explore emergency countermeasures of food hygiene for victims in temporary settlements after an earthquake.Methods Based on the experience of working in a disaster area for a month,some food hygienic hidden dangers at the concentrated settlements were analysed.Results 1.Conditions for food storage were simple and crude.2.The environment of temporary eating places was bad.3.Cooking utensils,appliances and cutleries were lacking seriously.4.Quantity and quality of drinking water was difficult to ...