Abstract: Food recall system is the national management for food production and sales essentially, and it plays an important role in guaranteeing the people’s health and the stability of society. In order to improve the efficiency of food safety control, it is necessary to strengthen liability insurance of China,s food recall system. This article focused on the functions of liability insurance of the food recall system and the issues we should consider in the application of the system.

Key words: product liability insurance, food recall insurance, recall risk