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Lobbying by Food Producers 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 Producers of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
3
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
14
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jul 22, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 24, 2025

Filed by Denise Allen, PRESIDENT & CEO

Lobbyists

  • Denise Allen · President & CEO

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (20)
  • Turning the Corner: Regulatory Framework for Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions - with respect to reporting requirements for industry
  • Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America – providing input regarding the competitiveness of the Canadian food processing industry. Also, providing input to reduce United States/Canada border costs
  • Scientific Research and Experimental Development Program (SR&ED program) - with respect to reducing the administrative burden
  • Safe Foods for Canada Regulations - working with government to ensure that Canada's food supply remains reliable and safe, and that as the Act regulations continue to evolve, government is kept abreast of industry findings.
  • Product of Canada Food Labelling Guidelines – Provided feedback and questions with regards to the implementation of the guidelines.
  • Meat Inspection Regulations - advocating the Government of Canada to reinstate mandatory pre-market label approval for meat products under the Meat Inspection Regulations.
  • Meat Hygiene Directive – Listeria Policy in Ready-to-eat meat products. Provided feedback and questions with regards to the implementation of the Policy.
  • Managing Health Claims for Foods in Canada: Towards a Modernized Framework – providing input to process regarding sound evidence for credible health claims.
  • Healthy Eating Strategy - to ensure that the policy and regulation proposals on front-of-package labelling, sodium reduction initiative and any revisions to the Canada Food Guide are reasonable and science-based. Providing input into Health Canada's Healthy Eating Strategy consultations
  • Guide to Importing Food Products Commercially – advocating compliance and enforcement of the guide towards imported food products, ensuring a level playing field exists for domestic and imported product.
  • Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising – Chapters: 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 15
  • Growing Forward: The New Agricultural Policy Framework as it pertains to FPC's participation on Food Processors Competitiveness Round Table, identifying issues that impede competitiveness.
  • Global Affairs Canada - Trade Controls Policy as it pertains to Chicken, Turkey, Beef & Veal Tariff Rate Quotas for imported product.
  • Food Safety Enhancement Program (FSEP):FPC sits on the FSEP steering committee, supporting the development, implementation and maintenance of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems in all federally registered establishments.
  • Food and Drugs Regulations – Part B (Food) & D (Vitamins, Minerals & Amino Acids). Provide input in government’s consultative processes. Advocating on compliance and interpretation.
  • Food Allergen Labelling Regulations – provided input in government’s consultative process to amend the regulations with respect to Food Allergen and Gluten Sources and Added Sulphites
  • Competitiveness - providing input to ensure that Canada's food sector is competitive throughout the supply chain.
  • Chemical Management Plan – as it relates to priority substances batches with regard to chemicals present in food or food packaging
  • Agri-Marketing Program – advocating export programs to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in marketing innovative food products to international markets.
  • Agriculture Trade Negotiations Consultations Group (ATNCG) – providing input in the World Trade Organization negotiations and regional and bi-lateral free trade agreement negotiations as it pertains to food products.

Registration 935176-518-50. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Debbie Beresford-Green · VP, Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Sabrina McNicoll · Senior Adviser to the VP, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    Competitiveness - providing input to ensure that Canada's food sector is competitive throughout the supply chain.

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Harprett Kochhar · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Debbie Beresford-Green · VP, Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    Competitiveness - providing input to ensure that Canada's food sector is competitive throughout the supply chain.

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Paul MacKinnon · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Debbie Beresford-Green · VP, Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Diane Allan · Associate VP, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Linda Nguyen · Chief of Staff, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    Competitiveness - providing input to ensure that Canada's food sector is competitive throughout the supply chain. Read more

    Chemical Management Plan – as it relates to priority substances batches with regard to chemicals present in food or food packaging

    Safe Foods for Canada Regulations - working with government to ensure that Canada's food supply remains reliable and safe, and that as the Act regulations continue to evolve, government is kept abreast of industry findings.

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Lawrence MacAulay · Minister of Agriculture, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Maria Morley · Deputy Chief of Staff & Director of Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    and 1 more
    • Arianna Myers · Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Safe Foods for Canada Regulations - working with government to ensure that Canada's food supply remains reliable and safe, and that as the Act regulations continue to evolve, government is kept abreast of industry findings. Read more

    Competitiveness - providing input to ensure that Canada's food sector is competitive throughout the supply chain.

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Paul MacKinnon · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Linda Nguyen · Chief of Staff, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    Safe Foods for Canada Regulations - working with government to ensure that Canada's food supply remains reliable and safe, and that as the Act regulations continue to evolve, government is kept abreast of industry findings. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Paul MacKinnon · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Tanya Day · Executive Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Melanie Desrochers · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Nicolas Randall · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    and 6 more
    • Linda Nguyen · Chief of Staff, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Jean Guy Forgeron · Executive VP, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Diane Allan · Associate VP, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Robert Ianiro · Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Diane Goulet-MacMillan · Project Management Officer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Michel-Antoine Renaud · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    IndustryInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Jean Guy Forgeron · Executive VP, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Tanya Day · Executive Director, Stakeholder Relations Bureau, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Jane Hazel · VP Communication and Public Affairs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Diane Allan · Associate VP, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    and 5 more
    • Kathleen Donohue · Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Debbie Beresford-Green · VP Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Nicolas Randall · Sr. Policy Advisor, Office of the President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Mélanie Desrochers · Sr. Policy Advisor, Office of the President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Linda Nguyen · Chief of Staff, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Harpreet Kochhar · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Robert Ianiro · Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Tanya Day · Executive Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Lawrence MacAulay · Minister of Agriculture, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Alison Porter · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Matthew Mann · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Maria Morley · Director of Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Eric Costen · Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Wong · Chief Medical Officer of Public Health, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    AgricultureIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • David Morrison · Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Carrie Goodge · Chief of Staff to Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Adam Jacques · Deputy Director - Deputy Minister Office, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Denise Allen · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Industry

    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.