Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION / VALERIE BELL, PRESIDENT

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION
Responsible Officer Name: VALERIE BELL, PRESIDENT 
Initial registration start date: 2005-06-09
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 776032-424

Version 3 of 3 (2006-10-20 to 2007-03-08)

Version 3 of 3 (2006-10-20 to 2007-03-08) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Organization Information

Organization: CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION
235 Yorkland Blvd. Ste. 302
Toronto, ON   M2J 4Y8
Canada
Telephone number: 416-497-6939
Fax number: 416497 3214  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: VALERIE BELL, PRESIDENT  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION (CHFA) IS A NON-PROFIT FEDERALLY CHARTERED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ITS MEMBERS INCLUDE RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND MANUFACTURERS IN A VARIETY OF INDUSTRY SUB SECTORS SUCH AS SUPPLEMENTS, VITAMINS, HERBALS, HOMEOPATHICS, SPORTS AND NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS, PACKAGED FOODS AND ORGANIC FOODS. CHFA MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT ACCESS TO NATURAL HEALTH FOODS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS IS THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHT OF EVERY CANADIAN. TO THAT END, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND FURTHERING THE INTERESTS OF THE CANADIAN HEALTH PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: RETAIL MEMBERS-MASTER RETAIL, ASSOCIATE RETAIL, PROVISIONAL RETAIL, AND GYMS & WEIGHT LOSS CLINICSSUPPLIER MEMBERS-FULL SUPPLIER AND ASSOCIATE SUPPLIER
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: VALERIE BELL
Position title: PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ANNE WILKIE
Position title: DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: ACCESS TO NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS, Agriculture, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: BILL C-420 AN ACT TO AMEND THE FOOD AND DRUG ACT, THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS PROGRAM, FOOD PROGRAM, HEALTH PROMOTION, PROPOSED ORGANIC AGRICULTURE REGULATIONS, NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATIONS, VETERINARY DRUGS DIRECTORATE
Subject Matter: Prospective: BILL C-420 AN ACT TO AMEND THE FOOD AND DRUG ACT, THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS PROGRAM, FOOD PROGRAM, HEALTH PROMOTION, PROPOSED ORGANIC AGRICULTURE REGULATIONS, NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATIONS, VETERINARY DRUGS DIRECTORATE
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution BILL C420, Bill C-27 - the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act
Regulation FOOD AND DRUG ACT, THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS PROGRAM, FOOD PROGRAM, HEALTH PROMOTION, NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATIONS, VETERINARY DRUGS DIRECTORATE
Legislative Proposal PROPOSED ORGANIC AGRICULTURE REGULATIONS




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