O b jective To understand the consumption of n isin in Ch ina and provide sc ientific support for the adm in istration of food add itives1M ethod The food in take data were obta ined from the N ational Survey on Nutrition and H ealth Status ofCh inese Peop le in 20021 The food category perm itted to use nisin and the upper lim it for use in each food ca tegory was obta ined from theH yg ienic Standa rds for Using Food Additives (GB 2760) 2007) . The poin t estimateme thod was used to calcu late the consumption of n is in ofCh inese people. The peoplewere d ivided into 27 groups accord ing to the ir age, sex and living area. The nisin consumption of peoplewhose food intake at the average level and whose food intake at the 971 5th percen tile level of each group was calculated. The contribution of each food category to the nisin consump tion was a lso ca lcu la ted. R esults Wh ile the food intake at average level the da ily n is in consumption was from 11 49% to 17116% of the acceptab le da ily intake ( ADI). While the food intake at the 9715th percentile level the da ily n isin consumption was from 91 35% to 77195% ofADI. Dairy products and preprocessedmeat products are themain con tributors to the consumption of nisin. Nomatter the food intake at average level or a t the 971 5th pe rcentile level the da ily n isin consumption of all groupswas less than theAD I. Conc lusion The use of n isin accord ing to the GB 2760) 2007 standard was safe for Ch inese peop le