This study examines the relationship between corporate governance determinants and corporate social responsibility (CSR) using a sample from Malaysian food manufacturing companies listed in Bursa Malaysia for the period of 2013-2016. There is a limited number of research on CSR practices in the food industry even though there are many past issues arising in the food industry. The four corporate governance elements that are of interest in this study are family ownership, board gender diversity, board size and board independence. Descriptive, normality, correlation and regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses in this study. The content analysis was used to extract the corporate governance elements and CSR items disclosed in the annual report of the companies. This study can help to improve knowledge of business stakeholders such as shareholders, management and readers about the current condition of corporate governance structure and CSR performance among food manufacturing companies in Malaysia