Objective To know about food safety situation in China,discover the hazards from food,and provide a scientific basis for risk assessment,safety standards and other regulatory policies.Methods The monitoring task was carried out by implementing some measures such as formulating plan,compiling SOP,holding technical training,having quality controls,supervision and inspection,and checking data from the national food chemical contaminations risk monitoring system.Results About 70 200 food samples of 14 food categories and 144 compounds were monitored in 30 provinces in 2010,about 694 000 monitoring data were obtained;Monitoring results showed that food safety situation in China was generally good,but also some food safety problems were found;As the constraints of the capacity,funding and mechanism of monitoring,monitoring work cannot yet be systematically,dynamically and comprehensively carried out.Conclusion The status of food safety was obtained initially,but supervision should be strengthened,and funds for monitoring and monitoring capacity should be increased and monitoring systems and monitoring mechanisms should be established.