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About The Canadian Celiac Association
MISSION STATEMENT
The Canadian Celiac Association is a national organization dedicated to providing services to support persons afflicted with celiac disease and/or Dermatitis Herpetiformis through programs of Awareness, Advocacy, Education and Research. Celiacs are served by local Chapters throughout Canada, which united, form a national body called the Canadian Celiac Association. The Association is incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act. The National Association and the local Chapters are registered Charities.
VICTORIA CHAPTER
The Victoria Chapter is one of twenty-eight affiliated chapters comprising the Canadian Celiac Association. The Victoria Chapter first started in 1984. The Victoria Chapter covers Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands and even has members in the Yukon. There are two satellite support groups on Vancouver Island, one in Nanaimo and one in Comox. We currently have around 430 members.
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To view other celiac chapters across Canada, click here .
Need more information?
If you are visiting this site for the first time check out our information about celiac disease, The Canadian Celiac Association and our local Chapter on this website or look at the Links page for more websites.
What’s New?
* IN THE NEWS
JUNE JULY 2009 NEWSLETTER NOW ON THIS WEBSITE
Chapter members and advertisers have been sent the link to access the current issue.
Saanich Plaza, at Quadra and McKenzie, Victoria
Store Tours on Tuesday July 21 and August
25 at 7:00 pm. Sign up for tour at PLO
250-727-9888 and ask for ‘front end’.
Chapter member Ellen Bayens launches The Celiac Scene™ website and enjoys local media coverage. Click on the link.
* VICTORIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
Our Chapter newsletter for April/May 2009 is on our website. Members and advertisers have been emailed the link to this latest newsletter. Archived newsletters are all available on our newsletter page
* LABELLING
Government of Canada Announces Proposed New Labelling Requirements to Protect Health of Canadians
22 July 2008
OTTAWA - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced increased protection for Canadians with food allergies by introducing new labelling requirements for food allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites contained in prepackaged foods. Health Canada also announced the launch of several allergy studies, including a large national study of food allergy prevalence, and two studies on the dietary habits and coping skills of people with celiac disease who are on a gluten-free diet.
The improved regulations would require that manufacturers declare all food allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites on labels of prepackaged foods. The regulations would also detail exactly how these allergens, glutens and sulphites are to be listed on food labels.
The announcement followed a letter writing campaign to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, requesting that these long-delayed regulations be put into law.
To view the complete press release on the Health Canada website:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/nr-cp/_2008/2008_117-eng.php
For more information on the proposed Food Allergen Labelling Regulatory Amendments:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/label-etiquet/allergen/index-eng.php