Functional Foods and Natural Health Products Survey

Summary of changes

Activity on this program started: 2003

Reference period of change - 2011

While the target population for the 2007 and 2011 Functional Foods and Natural Health Product surveys were the same, the units of observation and the survey frames were different. In 2011, the survey targeted individual establishments. In 2007, the survey targeted groups of establishments belonging to the same enterprise and located in the same province. The frames for each year were compiled from all available data sources which were different across the two reference periods. As a result, survey estimates for 2007 and 2011 cannot be compared.

Reference period of change - 2007

The name of the survey was changed to the Functional Foods and Natural Health Products Survey.

Reference period of change - 2005

The frequency of the Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Survey was changed to biennial.