THE TROUBLE WITH CHICKEN

Delve into the complex world of food safety through a fascinating examination of the largest salmonella outbreak from poultry on record, which sickened over 600 people in 16 months. Interviews with local and national public-health officials reveal the inadequate standards, laws, and food safety practices that let the outbreak carry on as long as it did, and that continue to allow one in four pieces of chicken to be contaminated with salmonella, hospitalizing more people than any other food-borne illness. This Frontline documentary contrasts regulators lax reaction to salmonella with the strong response to E. coli, raising questions about how and why the nation has failed to stop the threat posed by increasingly dangerous strains of the bacteria. Grades 9 and up. English with English subtitles. Color. 60 minutes. WGBH. ©2015.