Building risk communicationsystem is one of the most important means to prevent and manage food problems in the field of international food safety. It has become the consensus of all countries to apply it to the management of food safety. This paper systematically expounds the mechanism of food safety risk communication in Japan, EU and USA, and analyses its framework and functions, aiming at exploring the mechanism of food safety risk communication in foreign countries, and providing enlightenment for the establishment and implementation of the mechanism of food safety risk communication in China.