A total of 249 maize kernel samples from 8 maize-producing provinces of China were collected after the harvest season in 2014. All samples were analysed using high-performance liquid chromatography. The incidences of FBs (FB1+FB2) from Guizhou, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Chongqing, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and Henan provinces were 71.4%, 73.8%, 28.0%, 52.6%, 85.0%, 87.5%, 38.1%, and 100.0%, respectively. The average concentration of FBs was 817 mu gkg(-1) and the concentrations ranged from <6 to 15,252 mu gkg(-1). Among the 249 maize kernel samples, 28 samples exhibited higher levels as set by the Food and Drug Administration (2000 mu gkg(-1)), whereas 12 samples exhibited higher levels as set by the European Commission (4000 mu gkg(-1)). The average exposure to FBs (0.12 mu gkg(-1) body weight/day) is within the provisional maximum tolerable daily intake of 2.0 mu gkg(-1) body weight as set by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.