Abstract: It is a heavy work to test the toxicity of xenobiotics in food. The traditional food toxicology methods are too slow, labour intensive and far too costly, and can not meet the present demands. So easily applied, rapid and accurate methods for toxicity testing are urgently needed in the world. Recently, cell culture technique has been widely used in toxicity evaluation and safety assement. In this article, the application of cell culture technique on rapid toxicity evaluation in food toxicology is sumersized.

Key words: food toxicology, cell culture technique, toxicity inspection