PepsiCo, Inc. announced a series of leadership appointments that support the company's global business priorities and growth strategies.

Roka Bioscience, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection of foodborne pathogens, announced the results of a study demonstrating a limits-based testing application to accurately detect 1 colony forming unit per gram (CFU/g) contamination levels of Salmonella in 375-g ground turkey samples within one working shift.

As of the closing, the Permira funds combined Medora and Ideal under a holding company called BFY Holdings I, LLC (“BFY Holdings”).

Monogram Foods, a manufacturer and marketer of beef jerky, corn dogs, pre-cooked bacon and other value-added meat products, announces today the completion of its acquisition of Golden County Foods in Plover, WI. Golden County Foods is a frozen appetizer business with approximately $100 million annual sales, 550 employees, and two production facilities.

Following engagement with investors and advocates, General Mills a major packaged foods company to improve policies to protect bees and other pollinators from the impacts of pesticides.

The Almond Board of California (ABC) announced a $2.5 million dollar commitment to independent, third-party research into next-generation farming practices.

At a special presentation on Sunday morning at IFT15: Where Science Feeds Innovation, IFT President-Elect Colin Dennis announced and presented four companies with the 2015 IFT Food Expo Innovation Award. The winners are Aseptia Technologies, Corbion, Ecolab, and Parabel.

Happy Tree sales at Whole Foods Market have tripled since March, and Q2 2015 revenue for the brand has more than doubled over Q1 2015.

Few foods are as essential to the American diet as the versatile and ubiquitous sandwich. Research indicates the sandwich is a staple food across the full spectrum of U.S. adults regardless of gender, age, household income, race, or geographic location. Roughly 79% of all adults have eaten a sandwich in the past seven days, according to data published in the all-new Packaged Facts report, Sandwiches: Market Trends and Opportunities.

"America's beverage companies are committed to being part of real solutions to public health challenges. This study does not show that consuming sugar-sweetened beverages causes chronic diseases and the authors themselves acknowledge that they are at best estimating effects of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.