The aim of this study was to provide direction and reference for the research on quality kinetic model of fresh food. This paper reviewed the quality kinetic model for fresh meat, fish, vegetable, fruit and their cold chain logistics process based on a large number of domestic and foreign literatures, with comparative analysis. The conclusions were as following: The rate of change in different kinds of quality characteristics was not the same in the declining process of fresh food quality. But the quality kinetic model could be established for a particular kind of fresh food through some key indicators such as the total number of microbial colonies, hardness, vitamin C, chlorophyll, etc., and the change rate of quality was generally consistent with the Arrhenius relation. The kinetic model of animal food such as meat and fish followed the first order reaction equation. In general, the plant food such as fruits and vegetables follows the zero order reaction equation, and its quality kinetic model tended to be diverse because more factors and indicators needed to be considered. It was a new research field to apply kinetic model in cold chain logistics management. To meet the demand of logistics, it is urgent to establish some simple and concise models and indicators.