McDonald’s, Chicago, announced an antibiotic use policy to reduce the overall use of antibiotics, as defined by the World Health Organization.

The Wendy's Co., Dublin, Ohio, announced what is said to be an industry-leading step that will allow the company to better understand and communicate how cattle for Wendy's fresh beef hamburgers are raised, facilitating advancements in animal care, antibiotics and sustainability.

Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, announced its 2025 corporate responsibility goals.

FarmLogix, Evanston, Ill., launched Open Fields, a software platform that allows foodservice operations at colleges, schools, hospitals, sports and leisure facilities and businesses of all kinds to more easily source and report on sustainable ingredients and purchases.

Foodshed.io, North Holland, connects sustainable, independent producers to local wholesale markets with unprecedented transparency in the product supply chain.

A survey found that consumers want to know where their seafood is coming from and that it was sourced responsibly, according to a June 2017 Cargill Feed4Thought consumer survey, produced by Cargill, Minneapolis.

High Liner Foods, Canada, acquired Rubicon Resources, LLC, a Culver City, Calif.-based sustainably sourced frozen shrimp producer to the private label market.

Oceana, Washington, D.C., released a poll revealing that 83% of Americans support new requirements focused on eliminating seafood fraud in the United States.

Food waste is so problematic that it initiated a statement from agriculture secretary Tom Vilasick and EPA deputy administrator Stan Meiburg in 2015 to announce the nation’s first-ever national food loss and waste goal, calling for a 50% reduction by 2030 as an initiative for governments, charitable/faith-based organizations and the private sector.