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The board of directors of the Food Processing Suppliers Association welcomed 70 new members to its community of more than 400 companies this year.

As many consumers continue to demand more natural and organic products, the global food and beverage market for non-GMO products reached $550 billion in 2014 out of a total $5 trillion market, according to a Packaged Facts study.

In just over a month since the company’s merger, the Kraft Heinz Company announced it will slash 2,500 jobs in the US and Canada in an effort to cut costs, according to the Associated Press.

 The new company will operate more than 50 bottling plants and employ approximately 27,000 associates in 13 countries. 

Blue Bell Creameries trucks filled with ice cream were spotted on the road for the first time in months after a listeria contamination halted production and forced a nationwide recall.

 In June, FDA announced its determination that PHOs are not generally recognized as safe or GRAS for use in human food. 

It was one small bite for man, but a big leap forward for the future of food in space as NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station tasted the first crop of red romaine lettuce grown in space Monday.

Educational sessions scheduled at PROCESS EXPO 2015 will include representatives from three of Canada’s top schools including the University of Guelph, McGill University and Conestoga College.

PACK EXPO owner and organizer PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has released the preliminary schedule for Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 28–30; Las Vegas Convention Center).

Prices of major food commodities in July dipped to the lowest average monthly rate since September 2009, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).