Cod is one of the largest fish in catch and dried cod which is also known as processed frozen cod has witnessed a history of 500 years. Jilin Province is the main exporter of processed dried cod fish in China, while the export of dried cod fish and their processed products has become an industry with broad future prospects in Yanbian autonomous region of Jilin Province. The present situation of processing and export dried cod in Jilin Province was described in this paper and  problems and countermeasures on the excessive levels of formaldehyde in dried cod was analyzed and discussed.