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Article: Canada's New Government Invests $721,000 in Natural Health Products
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
- Article date:
- June 5, 2007
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - June 5, 2007) - The Honourable
Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for
the Canadian Wheat Board, today announced a $721,000 investment in
the Nutri-Net Canada Project to help expand market opportunities for
the Canadian functional foods and natural health products industry.
Natural health products include supplements which, in many cases,
are made from traditional or specialty crops, seafood and
aquaculture. Functional foods are similar in appearance to, or are
conventional foods, that have benefits and can help to reduce the
risk of chronic disease.
"Consumers today are becoming more interested in extra nutritional
benefits in ...