CIAA represents the food and drink industry – the first industrial sector, major employer and exporter in the EU.
CIAA’s mission is to represent the food and drink industries’ interests, at the level of both European and international institutions.

In order to fulfil its mission, CIAA participates pro-actively in the development of an environment where all European food and drink companies (whatever their size) can compete effectively for sustainable growth in the context of an enlarged EU and global markets, as well as meeting consumers’ needs and playing their part in delivering the targets set by the Lisbon declaration of the European Council – that is, to become the most competitive economy in the world by 2010.