Abstract: The purpose of food safety risk ranking is to ensure food safety through comprehensively evaluating static and dynamic food safety risk factors. Food safety risk ranking can improve the efficiency of food safety regulation by optimizing regulation resources, thereby laying the foundation for food safety management. The current status of research on food safety risk ranking is summarized in this review article, and the advantages of food safety risk ranking for the various entities involved in food safety regulation are analyzed based on the current situation and features of the food industry in China. Problems existing in this field of research are discussed and possible solutions to the problems are proposed. It is hoped that this review will promote the development of food safety risk ranking and thereby improve the efficiency of food safety regulation.

Key words: food; safety; risk ranking