CDC and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), along with the Minnesota Health Department and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, are investigating two outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidus infections linked to raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browed stuffed chicken entrees, according to CDC.

Nomad Holdings Limited reached an agreement to acquire leading European frozen food company Iglo Foods Holdings Limited from a company backed by the Permira funds for approximately $2.8 billion.

Multinational food and beverage company Nestle announced this week it is exploring options to sell off its subsidiary Davigel—provider of branded frozen and chilled food products, ice-cream and solutions for out of home in Europe as part of its on-going portfolio review.

More than 1,300 leaders representing the frozen food and beverage industry gathered in Anaheim, California this week for the 2015 American Frozen Food Institute’s (AFFI) Frozen Food Convention (AFFI-CON) where they networked and attended education sessions on key topics affecting the industry.

The global frozen food market, valued at $122.1 billion in 2013, is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.6 percent from 2014 to 2020, reaching an estimated $156.4 billion by 2020, according to a new report from Persistence Market Research.

Despite supply and demand constraints, a new study says the frozen food industry in India is expected to increase three fold in the next five years.

FE discusses the issues with PMMI’s Jorge Izquierdo.