To preliminarily understand the incidence and epidemic trend of foodborne disease in Lishui city, so as to enhance the ability of early warning and control.Methods Surveillance data was collect from sentinel hospitals and analyzed for epidemic feature of foodborne disease in Lishui city. Results A total of 3 492 cases were reported, the male patients were 2.85 times as many as female among 6-15 age group, and female patients were 1.56 times as many as male among 46-55 age group. The number of the peasants were 1 547, and the children were 802. Except for diarrhea, bellyache took up 62.29%(2 175/3 492). Cases were mainly concentrated from May to October, 2013. The average time consume of children to visit a doctor was significantly different compared with the peasant, the government staff and workers, the students and the teacher (P<0.05). The difference among the peasants, the government staff and workers, the students and the teachers was not significant (P>0.05). 216 cases were confirmed by laboratory testing, and strain identification coincidence rate was 50.27%(189/376). Conclusion Foodborne disease active surveillance could inflect foodborne disease epidemic situation, but it should be further improved.