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FRONTLINE - The Trouble with Chicken

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FRONTLINE - The Trouble with Chicken

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Originally produced by PBS in 2015

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As FRONTLINE reveals in The Trouble with Chicken, many of todayђ́ةs inspection practices are rooted in laws passed more than a century ago. Inspectors test less than one bird a day, even in plants that process hundreds of thousands daily. That testing doesnђ́ةt measure the amount of salmonella found or differentiate between innocuous and dangerous types of the bacteria.. It all adds up to a seeming contradiction: A company can be meeting the government́ђةs salmonella performance standards at the same time that their product is causing an outbreak of foodborne illness. And ultimately, the USDA has very little authority to get tainted meat off the market ђ́و instead, relying on companies to implement voluntary recalls.. ђ́جBetween 1998 and 2012, chicken and turkey have been associated with 278 salmonella outbreaks in at least 41 states ђ́و and that́ђةs just the tip of the iceberg, since most cases go unreported or unsolved,ђ́ح says David E. Hoffman, FRONTLINEђ́ةs correspondent in The Trouble with Chicken. ђ́جIs it fair to make consumers shoulder so much of the risk of foodborne illness?ђ́ح

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