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A growing list of seafood companies, particularly in Oregon, have issued recalls for a number of canned seafood products.

Starting with the Oct. 23 2015 Supplements to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC announced it will publish the summaries of all notifiable conditions – infectious and noninfectious – at the same time.

The gluten-free food trend is showing no signs of stopping according to a recent study by Transparency Market Research which projects the gluten-free food segment to reach $4.89 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 7.7 percent.

Despite a growing amount of consumers focused on healthy eating, Americans still have a sweet tooth for chocolate according to a report from market analyst Packaged Facts.

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights will hold a hearing on Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposed plan to purchase SABMiller in a deal worth more than $103 billion.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry held a biotechnology hearing for the first time in 10 years Wednesday to discuss the future of food technology as the industry responds to increased demand, production challenges and consumers’ calls for a safe and transparent food supply.

Approximately 5,000 cases of ready-to-eat frozen crab products produced by Massachusetts-based Rome Packing Company Inc. were seized by U.S. Marshals at the request of FDA and the state attorney.

SUBWAY Restaurants announced this week it has updated its antibiotic-free policy and will transition to only serving protein from animals that have never received antibiotics across all of its 27,000 U.S. stores in 2016.

Increasing demand for convenience packaging, forcing vendors to develop innovative packaging solutions, is an emerging trend in the food packaging market which is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4 percent through 2019, according to a new report “Global Food Packaging Market 2015 – 2019” conducted by SandlerResearch.org