In the context of economic globalization, the governance of food safety has also exhibited a trend toward globalization. From the perspective of the rule of law, this article systematically analyzes the current status, problems, and improvement paths of the construction of China's food safety standard system. It begins by reviewing the developmental achievements and legal foundations, and then examines the rule-of-law challenges faced by the system from three dimensions: legal clarity, coordination mechanisms, and implementation effectiveness. Drawing on comparative experience in food safety governance from the European Union, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region, and taking into account China's actual circumstances, this article proposes rule-of-law pathways for enhancing the food safety standard system. These pathways include innovating rule-of-law concepts, optimizing the legislative system, strengthening implementation mechanisms, and deepening international cooperation, with the aim of building a unified, scientific, and efficient food safety standard system.

China has initially established a legal system regarding food safety risk monitoring and assessment, and has completed the construction of a national food safety risk monitoring network. This legal system belongs to the category of administrative law and has the attributes of administrative law. From the perspective of administrative law, the current risk monitoring and assessment mechanism still has some problems in terms of information sharing, risk early warning and joint law enforcement. In order to better ensure food safety, we should reconstruct the legal system concerning risk monitoring and assessment, strengthen risk awareness, improve procedural settings and the monitoring network, and promote the integration of the food safety risk monitoring and food safety random inspection systems. Scientific and efficient risk monitoring and assessment will identify food safety risks timely, guide the formulation of food safety standards and help regulatory authorities with the hierarchical management of food safety, thus further regulating the order of the Chinese food market and providing people with safe and satisfactory foods.