Abstract: In order to teaching more knowledge and techniques to students about microbiology detection for food safety and quality discipline, teaching idea and teaching methods having been reformed constantly in our teaching practice. Students views are widened, the status and uses of this course in specialty knowledge system are known by them. The measures that have taken in teaching practice are as follows: Some parts of contents and new knowledge has been increased and appended by using multimedia and other modern teaching methods in less number of period. The number of experiment period is guaranteed to do more experiments. Requiring students to develop the excellent characters of scientific research, study and experiment under the strict and standard trainings. For adapting the course to the new modern medicine model, part of related knowledge is added. Guiding students not only pay attention to the front part of the subject, but also add the new knowledge and know how to take them.

Key words: food quality and safety discipline, microbiology detection, teaching reform