A novel method was presented for identification of irradiated protein-rich food by HPLC with dissociative tyrosine.The procedure involved the homogenization of fresh sample with 0.1 mol/L HCl，followed by centrifugation to remove the cell debris and the solvent precipitation of protein with acetone at -20 ℃，then the tyrosine was separated by forming ion pair with trifluoroacetic acid on a C18 column.The average recoveries of the drugs ranged from 61% to 116% at the spiked levels of 100-800 μg/L.The method is simple and double-quick,and could be efficiently identified food sample irradiated at a dose of 5 kGy or above.