Abstract: In recent years, China's social and economic development has been rapid, the food industry has also made great progress, gradually developed into a pillar industry of the national economy. In this environment, the demand for talents is also increasing, so the teaching of food specialty in colleges and universities has been highly valued by people. But in recent years, the employment situation of food major students in colleges and universities is not optimistic, so it is necessary to analyze and improve, adopt diversified means to improve the employment quality of food major students in colleges and universities. This paper has done relevant research, first introduces the development status of food industry in the new era environment, analyzes the current employment dilemma of food major in colleges and universities, and finally discusses the effective strategies to improve the employment quality of food major students in college teaching combined with the actual situation. In order to improve the employment situation of food students at the same time, to train more professional talents for the society, so as to promote the good development of China's food industry.

Key words: University, Food major, Employment status, The employment development