A total of 1 267 SPS notifications were received by the secretariat of WTO from 50 members in 2008，among which 820 notifications were food safety-related. The 369 food safety-related SPS notifications concerned by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China were analyzed and made comments. The developed countries or districts remain the main contributors of notifications. The residues of pesticide and veterinary drugs remain the main focus on SPS measures，but the number of which has decreased. The number of notifications on food additives，microorganisms has increased in 2008. Our work on notification comments is still at the beginning steps，and needs to be improved.