Abstract:Abstract Objective To evaluate the quality of food-borne disease outbreak investigation reports in Hangzhou. Methods All final reports of food-borne disease outbreak investigation in Hangzhou were collected from 2010 to 2018, of which involving more than 20 patients were evaluated by invited experts from 18 aspects according to their agreement. Results A total of 140 outbreaks of food-borne diseases were reported in Hangzhou from 2010 to 2018, of which final epidemiological investigation reports were summit. The titles of all 22 included reports were appropriate, the background description and the method of data collection were also suitable. 15 reports (68.18%) gave reasonable case definitions with the scoring rate of 80%, while some of which neither calculated incidence rate nor described the indicating case. Food hygiene survey were the major weakness for merely 2 reports (9.09%) gave qualified discription. 10 reports (45.45%) provided specific suggestion on prevention and control. Most reports didn’t provide sufficient evaluation especially on the conducting of investigation and the coordinating of associated departments. Generally, there were 18 reports (81.82%) assessed as good, while the others were graded as medium or unqualified equally. 2 reports were qualified while 2 were unqualified. Conclusion The quality analysis and evaluation of food-borne disease outbreak investigation reports in Hangzhou may provide evidences and advice for further training and guide of either outbreak investigating or report writing.