The purpose of this paper is to analyze the quality management practices of the food industry in the past 30 years from 1993 to 2022 on the basis of literature review. 102 articles from 53 journals were used for the detailed literature review. The focus was only on the articles related to quality management in the food industry. This study investigated the research time and journals distribution of quality management in the food industry, and summarized the research streams. This review describes the application and progress of quality management practice in the food industry, including the global research in this field in recent years, which is mainly concentrated in Europe and Asia. The article is divided into three research streams, and a detailed overview is given. The research results include the determinants of implementing quality management practices, the reasons why researchers have proposed multiple models and frameworks in the food industry through the years, and the importance of tools and techniques used in quality management implementation.