The work aims to briefly review the current research progress of migration and detection of several commonly used materials (paper, plastic and ink) in food contact materials and outline the development trend of these materials to promote the development of Chinese food industry in a greener and safer direction. The development trend of paper, plastic and ink and the sources of hazardous substances in the materials were generalized. The migration rules and migration models of these materials were compared. The detection methods of several common hazardous substances were summarized. Green and environmentally-friendly bio-based materials are the future direction of food contact materials, but attention should also be paid to the chemical safety of sustainable bio-based food contact materials, as the impact of the chemicals produced on human health is not clear. Therefore, the presence and migration of chemicals in bio-based food contact materials into food need to be studied from many aspects and measures must be taken to reduce the use of packaging materials to lower the threat of toxic and hazardous substances in the materials to humans and environment.