Objective To provide reference for preventing and controlling the family foodborne disease， the epidemiological characteristics of family foodborne disease outbreaks in Jiangxi Province was analyzed.Methods The descriptive analysis was conducted on the data of family foodborne disease outbreaks in Jiangxi Province reported through Foodborne Disease Outbreak Reporting System from 2012 to 2020.Results From 2012 to 2020， a total of 715 families， 2 608 illnesses and 35 deaths from foodborne disease outbreaks were reported in Jiangxi Province. The case fatality rate was 1.3% （35/2 608）. The number of family foodborne disease outbreaks was on the rise within the 9 years， and most of the incidents occurred during May to October. From the analysis of pathogenic factors and causative food， wild mushroom caused the most incidents， cases and deaths， accounting for 45.0% （322/715）， 39.5% （1 029/2 608） and 94.2% （33/35） of the total respectively， followed by microorganism pathogenic factor. From the analysis of areas distribution， the most incidents occurred in rural families， the incidents， cases and deaths accounted for 73.1% （527/715）， 75.4% （1 966/2 608） and 100.0% （35/35）， respectively.Conclusion In the high incidence season of foodborne diseases in Jiangxi Province， the publicity of the risk of eating wild mushroom and the knowledge of microbial foodborne diseases should be targeted at rural families to reduce the incidence of family foodborne disease and death.