Objective  To examine the compliance to Five Key to Safer Food among migrant people in Hangzhou city.

  Methods  A face-to-face survey was conducted among 1 800 migrant people recruited with multistage random sampling in communities of Hangzhou city during 2013. A self-designed questionnaire was used to collect information on the migrants′ behaviors following the Five Key to Safer Food proposed by World Health Organization. Unconditional logistic regression was adopted in analyses on impact factors of the compliant behaviors.

  Results  Valid information were collected from 1 781 (98.94%) of the migrants. The most prevalent practice for safer food among the respondents were always purchasing fresh food (reported by 69.23% of the respondents), followed by always keeping hands clean (60.53%) and always cooking/reheating food thoroughly (60.53%); while, the least prevalent practice were always covering a food container when heating food in micro-oven (16.28%) and always keeping perishable food in refrigerator (17.07%). Compared to those with the education of senior high school and above, the respondents with the education of junior high school and below were less likely to be compliant to purchasing fresh food, cooking/reheating food thoroughly, and keeping food at safe temperature; in contrast to those being administrative staff, the migrants engaged in housework or business were less likely to be compliant to purchasing fresh food, separating raw and cooked, and keeping food at safe temperatures.

  Conclusion  The compliance to Five Keys to Safer Food needs to be improved in migrant population in Hangzhou City.