Abstract: Owing to its unique advantages such as resource integration and reengineering, algorithm plays a more and more prominent role in modern society. As a product of the information age, algorithm administration has gradually brought automation into the field of social public governance, resulting in the formation of a new social governance paradigm containing algorithm administration. The “Tianyan” system in Shanghai is an innovative application of administrative algorithm in the field of food safety supervision. This review focuses on the new changes, risks and challenges of food safety supervision under algorithm administration. The optimization of food safety supervision under algorithm administration has been realized by establishing an evaluation responsibility mechanism, improving the algorithm operation system, implementing information disclosure and interpretation obligations, and clarifying the attributes of algorithm decision-making tools.

Key words: algorithmic administration; food safety supervision; “Tianyan” system; administrative law enforcement; information disclosure