On the last day of 2014, China's NHFPC officially finalized the draft version of China's most significant food additive standard “GB 2760-2014 National Food Safety Standard Standard for Uses of Food Additives”, which will come into force from 24 May 2015 replacing the current 2011 version. Various amendments have been incorporated into the newly updated standard. To help food companies understand the new regulatory requirements that will be introduced under GB 2760-2014, our senior food regulatory analyst Emily Xu will present a comparative analysis of the new regulation and old regulation, overviewing the broad differences in regulatory framework and detailing any new market access requirements under GB 2760-2014.