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Lobbying by Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
67
With MPs
12
Since Nov 2021
239
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 9, 2026.

Bills they've lobbied on

Named in their own descriptions of meetings or of their registration. Their words are quoted below each bill.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • Health Canada (HC)18
  • House of Commons14
  • Privy Council Office (PCO)9
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)7
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)6
  • Finance Canada (FIN)5
  • Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)3
  • Global Affairs Canada (GAC)3

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 1, 2026

Filed by Michael Graydon, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Amélie Gadient · Director of Government Relations and Manufacturing Policy
  • Carmita Young · Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs
  • Carolyn Raikhlin · Senior Manager, Nutrition Policy & Regulatory Affairs
  • Erin Gowriluk · Vice President Government Relations
  • Errol Cerit · Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs & Member Services
  • Frank Scali · Vice President, Industry Affairs
  • Michael Graydon · Chief Executive Officer
  • Michelle Saunders · Vice President, Sustainability
  • Michi Furuya Chang · Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs
  • Roberta Kramchynsky · Vice President, Health Policy & Regulatory Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Special Assistant, Office of Ted Menzies, MP, House of Commons (2006–2007)

    Formerly Member's Assistant, Office of Hon. Carol Skelton, PC, MP, House of Commons (2006–2006)

    Formerly Administrative Assistant, Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition, House of Commons (2004–2006)

  • Teresa Mastrodicasa · Vice President, Nutrition Policy & Regulatory Affairs

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (43)
  • Canada's ongoing involvement in CUSMA and rules-based trade with a specific interest in sectoral tariffs imposed by the United States and counter tariffs imposed by Canada.
  • Communicating with government officials about recycling and circular economy initiatives, including as it relates to Extended Producer Responsibility ("EPR") obligations for manufacturers.
  • Measures to facilitate internal trade in Canada, including through Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
  • Legislation and regulation with respect to the creation of a plastics registry, plastic labelling or recycled content for plastic products.
  • Communications with regard to retail theft of consumer health products and e-marketplaces and concerns around product safety and product integrity resulting from e-theft.
  • Communications with regard to retail theft of consumer health products and e-marketplaces and concerns around product safety and product integrity resulting from e-theft.
  • Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date).
  • Working with the government to recognize the public health benefits of a National Self-Care Strategy and urging its timely implementation.
  • User fees for services, use of facilities, regulatory processes and approvals, product rights and privileges that are related to drugs and medical devices regulated under the Food and Drugs Act.
  • Tax policy changes to allow certain therapeutic categories of consumer health products to be eligible under the Medical Expenses Tax Credit.
  • Seeking harmonization of regulatory regimes and administrative processes nationally and internationally.
  • Regulations Amending the Food and Drugs Regulations - Nutritional Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours – continue to engage with government to ensure clarity on compliance and enforcement of regulations.
  • Providing input to government to restore balance and fair competition to grocery retail practices.
  • Providing input to government on rules-based trade and e-commerce: working to ensure that international trade allows for the predictable flow of ingredients, products and people; addressing the rise of non-compliant and illicit products from entering the Canadian market; and advocating against protectionism (including new tariffs).
  • Providing input to government on regulatory modernization initiatives, including encouraging the enforcement of an economic lens to the design and implementation of all regulations.
  • Providing input to government on emerging COVID-19 issues and its impact on industry, and helping shape the government’s response and recovery efforts.
  • Providing input into Health Canada's Self-Care Products Framework with respect to over-the-counter drugs (OTC), natural health products (NHPs), and cosmetics. Advocating for a framework that is based on science-based claims and regulated according to risk.
  • Pre-Market approvals for food additives, novel foods, infant formula, health claims and functional foods in regard to consulting with Health Canada on improving the process to deal with the backlog and new applications.
  • Plastic Charter – to monitor the development of the federal government national strategy on plastic and potential impact our industry.
  • Participation and input into Canada's sodium reduction strategy concerning targets for certain food categories/sectors and technical aspects of the target - as well as consumer awareness, education and acceptance issues.
  • Nutrition information with regard to how FCPC is committed to enabling consumers to make informed food choices based on Canada's Food Guide and the Nutrition Facts Table.
  • National Food Policy – Working in consultation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as the National Food Policy, designed to address issues related to production, processing, distribution and consumption of food, is developed and implemented.
  • Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims.
  • Manufacturing Incentives – Working to shape policies and programs to support innovation, competitiveness and growth for manufacturers.
  • Labour & Skills shortages – Working to shape policies and programs to address labour and skills shortages facing Canada’s manufacturing sector.
  • Healthy Eating Strategy – to ensure that policy and regulation proposals on front-of-package labelling, restriction of unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children, sodium reduction initiative and ongoing revision of Canada’s Food Guide are balanced, reasonable and science-based. Providing input into Health Canada's Healthy Eating Strategy consultations.
  • Food safety - working with government to ensure Canada's food supply remains reliable and safe, and that Safe Food for Canadians Act regulations continue to evolve as there are missing elements in the first release.
  • Food and Drug Regulations with regard to the Addition of Vitamins and Minerals to Food (Fortification) - Discretionary fortification will provide opportunities for product innovation in the food manufacturing industry.
  • Food Allergen Precautionary Labelling – Working in consultation with Health Canada to provide input on how to manage precautionary labelling for allergens.
  • Ensuring that the Food and Drugs Act recognizes the need for relative risk based regulation.
  • Ensuring that food and drugs regulation and policy reflect the need for a relative risk approach.
  • Ensuring consumer choice and access to non-prescription drugs (over the counter and natural health products) regulated under the Food and Drugs Act.
  • Economic Strategy Tables – Working closely with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on the implementation of the recommendations of the Economic Strategy Tables.
  • Competitiveness – providing input to ensure that Canada's food, health and consumer manufacturing sector is competitive throughout the whole supply chain.
  • Communications with regards to modernizing the Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management.
  • Communication on supporting small/medium size businesses in growth and imports/exports through government initiatives.
  • Chemical Management Plan – priority substances batches with regard to chemicals present in food, food contact materials and consumer products; post-2020 or CMP phase IV.
  • CEPA 1999 Review – ensure any changes to the regulation are science-based and enhance the safety of Canadians and the environment.
  • Cannabis edibles – Monitor the federal government progress on making the sale of edible and self-care cannabis products legal in Canada and understand any related policy or regulation proposals impacting our industry.
  • Canada's ongoing involvement in bilateral and multilateral free trade arrangements, with specific interest in measures affecting the protection of intellectual property.
  • Biotechnology - ensure that Canada's regulatory guidelines on genetic modification and labelling of food are based on scientific principles.
  • Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff with respect to reporting requirements and the international obligations implications thereof.
  • Bill C-252, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children) with respect to the broad nature of the Bill's scope.

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Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Eric Belair · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims. Read more

    Ensuring that food and drugs regulation and policy reflect the need for a relative risk approach.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Karl Van Kessel · Director North American Trade Policy Division, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Sabina Dadrian-Kassabian · Deputy Director, North American Trade Policy Division, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Providing input to government on rules-based trade and e-commerce: working to ensure that international trade allows for the predictable flow of ingredients, products and people; addressing the rise of non-compliant and illicit products from entering the Canadian market; and advocating against protectionism (including new tariffs). Read more

    Canada's ongoing involvement in CUSMA and rules-based trade with a specific interest in sectoral tariffs imposed by the United States and counter tariffs imposed by Canada.

    Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Roy Karam · Advisor, Economic and Health System Policy, Health Canada (HC)
    Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Ed Morgan · Director General, Health Canada (HC)
    Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • René Sylvestre · Director of Strategic Investment, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Canada's ongoing involvement in CUSMA and rules-based trade with a specific interest in sectoral tariffs imposed by the United States and counter tariffs imposed by Canada. Read more

    Manufacturing Incentives – Working to shape policies and programs to support innovation, competitiveness and growth for manufacturers.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Choi · Director of Policy, House of Commons
    Canada's ongoing involvement in CUSMA and rules-based trade with a specific interest in sectoral tariffs imposed by the United States and counter tariffs imposed by Canada. Read more

    Competitiveness – providing input to ensure that Canada's food, health and consumer manufacturing sector is competitive throughout the whole supply chain.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Justin Frame · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Ensuring consumer choice and access to non-prescription drugs (over the counter and natural health products) regulated under the Food and Drugs Act. Read more

    Manufacturing Incentives – Working to shape policies and programs to support innovation, competitiveness and growth for manufacturers.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Sean O'Neill · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada's ongoing involvement in CUSMA and rules-based trade with a specific interest in sectoral tariffs imposed by the United States and counter tariffs imposed by Canada. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Sean O'Neill · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Providing input to government on rules-based trade and e-commerce: working to ensure that international trade allows for the predictable flow of ingredients, products and people; addressing the rise of non-compliant and illicit products from entering the Canadian market; and advocating against protectionism (including new tariffs). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Galen Richardson · Director of Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Providing input to government on rules-based trade and e-commerce: working to ensure that international trade allows for the predictable flow of ingredients, products and people; addressing the rise of non-compliant and illicit products from entering the Canadian market; and advocating against protectionism (including new tariffs). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Ablett · Stakeholder Relations Manager, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Canada's ongoing involvement in bilateral and multilateral free trade arrangements, with specific interest in measures affecting the protection of intellectual property. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Gelen Richardson · Director of Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Elysee Atangana · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    C-5

    Measures to facilitate internal trade in Canada, including through Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act. Read more

    Communicating with government officials about recycling and circular economy initiatives, including as it relates to Extended Producer Responsibility ("EPR") obligations for manufacturers.

    Ensuring consumer choice and access to non-prescription drugs (over the counter and natural health products) regulated under the Food and Drugs Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Justine Frame · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Ensuring consumer choice and access to non-prescription drugs (over the counter and natural health products) regulated under the Food and Drugs Act. Read more

    Ensuring that food and drugs regulation and policy reflect the need for a relative risk approach.

    Ensuring that the Food and Drugs Act recognizes the need for relative risk based regulation.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Julian Tabbitt · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Communications with regard to retail theft of consumer health products and e-marketplaces and concerns around product safety and product integrity resulting from e-theft. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Annahat Kochhar · Policy Advisor, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    Seeking harmonization of regulatory regimes and administrative processes nationally and internationally. Read more

    Ensuring consumer choice and access to non-prescription drugs (over the counter and natural health products) regulated under the Food and Drugs Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Ablett · Stakeholder Relations Manager, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Élysée Atangana · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Ensuring consumer choice and access to non-prescription drugs (over the counter and natural health products) regulated under the Food and Drugs Act. Read more

    Seeking harmonization of regulatory regimes and administrative processes nationally and internationally.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Shalene Curtis-Micallef · Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    • Pamela Aung-Thin · Associate Deputy Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
    Ensuring that food and drugs regulation and policy reflect the need for a relative risk approach. Read more

    Ensuring that the Food and Drugs Act recognizes the need for relative risk based regulation.

    Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims.

    Regulations Amending the Food and Drugs Regulations - Nutritional Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours – continue to engage with government to ensure clarity on compliance and enforcement of regulations.

    Food and Drug Regulations with regard to the Addition of Vitamins and Minerals to Food (Fortification) - Discretionary fortification will provide opportunities for product innovation in the food manufacturing industry.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Roy Karam · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Providing input to government on regulatory modernization initiatives, including encouraging the enforcement of an economic lens to the design and implementation of all regulations. Read more

    Modernization of food regulations and legislation - advocate to ensure modernization efforts are supportive of innovation for plant-based foods and include improvements to the transparency and timeliness of food approvals for novel foods, infant formula, food additives and health claims.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    C-224

    Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Justine Frame · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    C-224

    Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    C-224

    Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Guy Gallant · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    National Food Policy – Working in consultation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as the National Food Policy, designed to address issues related to production, processing, distribution and consumption of food, is developed and implemented. Read more

    Manufacturing Incentives – Working to shape policies and programs to support innovation, competitiveness and growth for manufacturers.

    Seeking harmonization of regulatory regimes and administrative processes nationally and internationally.

    Providing input to government on regulatory modernization initiatives, including encouraging the enforcement of an economic lens to the design and implementation of all regulations.

    Labour & Skills shortages – Working to shape policies and programs to address labour and skills shortages facing Canada’s manufacturing sector.

    Competitiveness – providing input to ensure that Canada's food, health and consumer manufacturing sector is competitive throughout the whole supply chain.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Burton Bailey · Member of Parliament, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    C-224

    Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    C-224

    Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date). Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Graydon · In-house (organization)

    • Claudia Gallant · Stakeholder Relations Advisor, House of Commons
    • Luhan Yao · Policy Advisor, House of Commons

    C-224

    Bill C-224 - An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products): To keep NHPs under the purview of the Food and Drugs Act (i.e. Vanessa’s Law), which gives the minister the authority to use a ministerial order for a number of reasons (product recall, delay cost-recovery NHPs, delay labelling for NHPs to a later date). Read more

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.