Table 19
Establishments contracting out functional food or natural health product related activities by purpose and sub-sector, 2011

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Establishments contracting out functional food or natural health product related activities by purpose and sub-sector, 2011
  Functional food establishments 1 Natural health product establishments2 Establishments active in both fields 3
Canadian Foreign Canadian Foreign Canadian Foreign
  number
Scientific research & development x 0 55 x 25 14
Intellectual property 0 0 35 25 x x
Regulatory x x 88 x 37 16
Clinical trials x 0 17 x 25 22
Custom manufacturing or production or formulation x 7 E 190 46 51 25
Extraction of bioactive or medicinal ingredients 0 0 x 20 23 x
Technical or engineering or mechanical x 0 11 0 22 7 E
Quality control x 0 103 18 36 9
Sales or marketing or advertising x x 56 20 28 x
Market research or business development 0 x 33 18 x x
Other 0 0 x 0 0 x
Functional Food establishments: Includes Functional Food establishments with or without a service-providing component.
Natural Health Product establishments: Includes Natural Health Product establishments with or without a service-providing component.
Functional Food and Natural Health Product establishments: Includes establishments involved in Functional Food and Natural Health Products with or without a service-providing component.
Note(s):
Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, The Functional Foods and Natural Health Products Survey, 2011.
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