Membership

Benefits of Membership

MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION
ANNUAL REPORT

The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition gains it's strength through collaboration with health professionals, educators, researchers, government and industry. We are truly multi-sectoral. The Council is governed by a Board of Trustees and draws on expertise from our public sector partners and member companies. CCFN's efficient operations are managed by the President and a small staff and hires consultants as required.

Organizations that join The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition believe in our Governance Framework and our core purpose of having a science-based approach on all food and nutrition policy and information matters.

To view last year’s achievements view our Annual Report.

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Benefits of Membership

As a member of the Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition (CCFN), your organization will be part of the inner leadership circle and participate in setting the direction of research, consumer focused evidence gathering and public reporting. The results of these activities include:

  • Research and peer-reviewed journal publications
    • continuation of our highly regarded Tracking Nutrition Trends (TNT) survey – the longest standing objective, evidenced-based nutrition tracking survey in North America
    • publication of our research findings on preschooler obesity prevention in the journal of Applied Physiology, Health & Nutrition
    • publication with US, Europe and Asia Food Information Councils on consumer research on the food label in Nutrition Reviews
    • Policy advocacy by
    • leadership through membership on Health Canada’s Working Group on Sodium Reduction and on the Trans Fat Task Force
    • presenting to the House of Commons Committee on Health on Childhood Obesity at their pivotal meeting to decide what key topic they would study in June, 2006
    • policy statement development on advertising food and beverages to children with Dietitians of Canada
    • ongoing participation in Consultation processes with Health Canada
  • Reports, Watching Briefs and Fact Sheets
    • Reports on Trans Fat, Preschooler Obesity Prevention, Vitamin D
    • Watching Briefs on all topics noted above plus Understanding Fat and Sodium
    • Fact Sheets on all topics noted above plus one on the Food Product Label
  • Communication dissemination plans including think tanks, web-casts with media advisories on
    • Power of the Food Label Think Tank and Web-cast (October, 2007)
    • Facilitating Consumer Understanding of Fat Web-cast (February, 2008)
    • Paediatrician’s Role in Childhood Obesity Prevention Web-cast (May, 2008)
    • What Constitutes Healthy? Think Tank & TNT VII Launch with Web-cast (October, 2008)
    • New line up for 2009
  • Current industry member executives tell us they belong to CCFN for these reasons:
    • CCFN is the only science-based organization in Canada that allows academia, government and the public and private sectors to come together with the specific goal of influencing public policy on nutrition and health
    • CCFN has been able to influence government and industry policy on critical issues that have financial and operational impact
    • CCFN provides access to “member only” information through Weekly Headline News, access to internal proprietary reports and watching briefs
    • CCFN provides a network of senior industry leaders and government officials to assist in all areas of growth and market share management

Our membership base is growing and we see great opportunity for your organization.