“The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition (CCFN) is an organization committed to nutrition advocacy and communications. It was created out of a union of mandates of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the Canadian Food Information Council (CFIC).” (http://www.ccfn.ca/; accessed 5/31/05)

New and founding members:

• Advertising Standards Canada
• Beef Information Centre
• California Walnut Commission
• Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
• Cantox Health Sciences International
• Coca-Cola Limited
• Council for Biotechnology Information
• Pepsi – QTG Canada
• Canadian Restaurant and Foodservice Association
• Nicole Doucet Communications
• Canadian Salt Co. Ltd.
• Canadian Sugar Institute
• Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency
• Canada Pork
• Chicken Farmers of Canada
• Kraft Canada Inc.
• Langdon Starr Ketchum
• George Weston Ltd.
• Fleishmann Hillard Public Relations Canada
• Dairy Farmers of Canada
• Effem Inc.
• General Mills Canada Corp.
• Hain Celestial Canada
• Kellogg Canada Inc.
• McCain Foods Canada
• Nestlé Canada Inc.
• Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
• ON Society of Nutritional Professionals in Public Health

Private sector trustees:

• Walid Aldoori , Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
• Sherry Casey, George Weston Ltd…home of Loblaw Co.’s and Weston Foods Inc.
• Chris Lowry, Kellogg Canada Inc.
• Grant Morrison, Pepsi QTG Canada
• Caroline Ruzicka, Effem Inc.
• Mary Ann Binnie, Canada Pork

CFIC’s Members

• Coca-Cola Ltd.
• Effem Incorporated
• General Mills Canada, Inc.
• H. J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd.
• Kellogg Canada Inc.
• Kingsmill Foods Company Limited
• Kraft Canada Inc.
• Monsanto Canada
• Nestlé Canada Inc.
• Parmalat Canada Limited
• Pioneer Hi-Bred
• Procter & Gamble Inc.
• Syngenta Seeds Canada, Inc.
• Quaker Tropicana Gatorade - Canada
• Unilever Canada Limited

CFIC’s Patrons

• Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
• Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
• Refreshments Canada
• CropLife Canada

(http://www.cfic.ca/; 5/22/03)