The SpecializedCommittee for Nuts and Roasted Seeds of China National Food IndustryAssociation (hereinafter referred to as CNSA) was registered at Ministry of Civil Affairs upon approval of the State-owned Assets Supervisionand Administration Commission of the State Council in 2005. It is a nationalindustrial association endowed with functions of national nuts and roasted seeds industry management and services by the government, and now is a branch ofChina Food Industry Association.
The members of CNSA contain local nuts and roasted seedsassociations (chambers of commerce) as well as enterprises regarding scientificresearch, plantation, raw materials, processing, marketing as well as relatedequipment, packaging, additive and ingredients providers in the entireindustrial chain.