Choices International Foundation
Acronym: CIF
General Information
Identification Code: 564335331630-41
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Entity Form: Foundation
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 5/28/2018
Last Update: 2/13/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Choices mission is to help shaping national food systems to make the healthy choice the easy choice for consumers.
The food system is a complex and complicated thing. Changing it demands a variety of actions, honest collaboration and a long term commitment.
Choices wants to improve daily diets by guiding consumers to find healthier products, guiding industry to improve their products and collaborating with food & health authorities to shape effective nutrition policies.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Public health
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: 1. Choices International represents the national Choices program in Czech Republic.
2. Choices International supports the national healthy food logo program in Croatia and provides information for national debates on front-of-pack labelling
3. Choices International drives the European Positive Logo Movement that brings together the 10 European countries with a positive logo
4. Choices International supports the Choices European Scientific Committee that stimulates and monitors European studies on the impact of front-of-pack labelling e.g. CLYMBOL
5. Choices International shares knowledge with DG Santé and JRC upon request
Communication Activities: 1. European Logo Round Tables 2012 (Brussels), 2014 (Copenhagen), 2016 (Amsterdam), 2018 (Copenhagen), 2021 (Online)
2. Video clip on European positive logo movement
3. Choices stakeholder events in 2014, 2015
4. Participation via Schuttelaar & Partners in FLABEL and CLYMBOL research projects
5. Session at the High Level Conference on Food product improvement, Febr 2016 in Amsterdam
6. Participation in stakeholder consultation on claims regulation and FOP labelling
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Molenweg 18
Post Code: 7084 AV
City: Breedenbroek
Country: NETHERLANDS
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EU Office
Address: Molenweg 18
Post Code: 7084 AV
City: Breedenbroek
Country: NETHERLANDS
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: Whilst we are in the process of seeking public funding for our activities, we had an operating result of 26232 in the financial year 2023.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 1
Info Members: Herbert Smorenburg 0.5 FTE
Semnen Lambert 0.5 FTE
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: www.choicesprogramme.org
Organisation Members: Member of the SUN Business Network Global Platform
Member of the Netherlands Working Group on Global Nutrition