Processed food products a business segment with traditionally low margins that often leads producers to hunt for the cheapest suppliers often contain ingredients from multiple suppliers in different countries, who themselves at times subcontract production to others, making it hard to monitor every link in the production chain.
"Our legitimate desire to get control of our borders has too often turned into a witch hunt against Hispanic Americans and other people of color, " Menendez said.
"The nerds feel like they have a real community, " said Brad Feld, a managing director at the Colorado venture capital firm Foundry Group who often visits New York to hunt for deals.