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The Trouble with Chicken

FRONTLINE investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in meat - particularly poultry - and why the food-safety system isn't stopping the threat. Focusing on an outbreak of salmonella Heidelberg at one of the nation's largest poultry processors, the documentary reveals how contaminants are evading regulators and causing more severe illnesses as Americans consume more chicken than ever.
Season 2015 Episode 7 Length 54:41 Premiere: 05/12/15

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Season 2015 Episodes

ISIS in Afghanistan/Taliban Hunters
S2015 E20 Length 54:10 Premiere Date 11/17/15

Terror in Little Saigon
S2015 E19 Length 54:15 Premiere Date 11/03/15

Inside Assad's Syria
S2015 E18 Length 54:17 Premiere Date 10/27/15

Immigration Battle
S2015 E17 Length 1:54:16 Premiere Date 10/20/15

My Brother's Bomber (Episode 3)
S2015 E16 Length 55:16 Premiere Date 10/13/15

My Brother's Bomber (Episode 2)
S2015 E15 Length 55:16 Premiere Date 10/06/15

My Brother's Bomber (Episode 1)
S2015 E14 Length 55:15 Premiere Date 09/29/15

Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty
S2015 E13 Length 1:23:10 Premiere Date 07/21/15

Escaping ISIS
S2015 E12 Length 54:04 Premiere Date 07/14/15

Growing Up Trans
S2015 E11 Length 1:24:12 Premiere Date 06/30/15

Rape on the Night Shift
S2015 E10 Length 54:48 Premiere Date 01/16/18

Obama at War
S2015 E9 Length 54:14 Premiere Date 05/26/15

Secrets, Politics and Torture
S2015 E8 Length 54:30 Premiere Date 05/19/15

The Trouble with Chicken
S2015 E7 Length 54:41 Premiere Date 05/12/15

OUTBREAK
S2015 E6 Length 54:16 Premiere Date 05/05/15

American Terrorist
S2015 E5 Length 1:23:48 Premiere Date 04/21/15

The Fight for Yemen
S2015 E4 Length 54:34 Premiere Date 04/07/15

Being Mortal
S2015 E3 Length 54:11 Premiere Date 02/10/15

Putin's Way
S2015 E2 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 01/13/15

Gunned Down
S2015 E1 Length 54:10 Premiere Date 01/06/15

"The Trouble with Chicken" - Preview
Preview Length 00:31 Premiere Date 05/12/15

A Merging of Faith & Patriotism
Clip Length 08:47 Premiere Date 10/11/10

God in America - Preview 2
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 10/11/10

A Merging of Faith & Patriotism
Clip Length 08:47 Premiere Date 10/11/10

Frederick Douglass
Clip Length 04:01 Premiere Date 10/11/10

Brain Wars: David Nash
Clip Length 01:12 Premiere Date 09/09/10

Brain Wars: The Purple Heart
Clip Length 10:04 Premiere Date 09/09/10

Brain Wars: Jose Barco
Clip Length 01:36 Premiere Date 09/09/10

Brain Wars: Kenny Eastridge
Clip Length 01:18 Premiere Date 09/09/10

Law & Disorder: Robert Williams
Clip Length 01:38 Premiere Date 08/08/10

Haiti: The Aid Dilemma
Clip Length 14:49 Premiere Date 06/25/10

"Gangs of Iraq" - Preview
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 04/17/07

Obama Speaks at Harvard Law in '90
Clip Length 11:39 Premiere Date 04/24/90

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