Abstract:Objective In order to provide references for the revision of the standard, feedbacks and problems from regulatory authorities, inspection agencies, industries, relevant experts were collected and analyzed during the implementation of the national food safety standard for pathogenic microorganism limits (GB 29921-2013). Methods The feedback opinions were collected through the national food safety standard evaluation and feedback platform. Content analysis were applied and the data were analyzed by Microsoft Office Excel. Results From January 1st, 2016 to December 31th, 2017,7 opinions were collected, with 745 effective opinions mainly concerning the standard scope (42%,313/745), food classification (34%,252/745), specific pathogen limits (9%,68/745), sampling plans (3%,23/745) and relations with other standards (3%, 21/745), etc. The main opinions included further clarifying the scope of standards and the relationship with other standards, improving food classification and related description, and review of specific pathogens or limits. ConclusionIt is imperative to further revise and integrate the national food safety standard for pathogenic microorganism limits (GB 29921-2013). At the same time, the publicity and implementation of national food safety standards should be continuingly strengthened, so that the understandings and operations of regulators, inspection agencies and enterprises on the risk management of microbial hazards could be more effective.