Abstract: The number of foodborne illness events caused by eating fresh vegetables and fruit grows rapidly, malignant events have occurred sometimes. This article focuses on the research progress of pathogens associated with vegetables and fruit abroad, vegetables and fruit were introduced microbial quality investigation, analyzed the distribution rule of total bacterial count, coliform group and pathogenic bacteria, the important pathogenic bacteria pollution sources and the influence factors of the pollution rate, the survival rule of pathogenic bacteria in vegetables and fruit, the important factors are sorted. About the methods of removing pathogenic bacteria, this paper introduces the general methods and the methods having potential application value；On the attachments of pathogenic bacteria to vegetables and fruit, this article introduces three adhesions of E. coli O157：H7. In addition, views of study trends are put forward.

Key words: Fresh vegetables and fruit, Foodborne diseases, Pathogenic bacteria, Escherichia coli, O157: H7 , Salmonella