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The influence of gut microbiota on human health is now well documented. Each person carries a microbial community of several trillion cells that outnumber their own cells by 10-fold. In this symposium, we heard from leading academic and industry practitioners about the relationship between the microbiota of our foods and that of our gut. This symposium explored the connections between the foods we eat with their indigenous food microbiomes and the unique human microbial ecosystem that establishes itself in each person. This conference addressed how understanding the underlying factors that drive dysbiosis in the human gut translate to various health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and general inflammatory conditions. We also explored how modification of microbiomes along the food chain affect health outcomes. In order to demystify the connections among these complex systems experts from FDA, USDA, industry and academia presented overviews on the current understanding on these issues.