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USDA Sets New Limits on Salmonella in Your Chicken Wings
The USDA says new safety standards for chicken parts and other poultry would help prevent as many as 50,000 foodborne illnesses a year.
February 4, 2016
Editor's Note: Foster Farms and "The Trouble with Chicken"
The poultry giant Foster Farms disputed a finding reported in our film, "The Trouble with Chicken." Here's why we stand by the report.
August 25, 2015
Five Salmonella Outbreaks Food Inspectors Didn't See Coming
Federal regulators are inside every meat and poultry processing plant in this country. But their efforts failed to identify serious salmonella problems in the lead up to these six major poultry outbreaks.
May 14, 2015
Lawmakers Push Two Food Safety Bills After FRONTLINE Investigation
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate introduced bills to strengthen the USDA's authority to protect consumers from contaminated meat and poultry.
May 13, 2015
What Happens After a Foodborne Illness Outbreak?
When an outbreak happens, it usually falls to the FDA or the USDA to ensure the contaminated food isn't entering the market. What are their options?
May 13, 2015
Are You Handling Raw Chicken The Wrong Way?
A recent study found that while preparing to cook their chicken, people often make mistakes that can lead to them unknowingly contaminating their kitchen.
May 12, 2015
Can We Get to Zero Salmonella in Poultry?
Consumer advocates have been calling for zero tolerance of dangerous types of salmonella in poultry in order to reduce the number of people who get sick from the bacteria each year. But can we ever get to zero?
May 12, 2015
Two Agencies, Two Salmonella Standards. Would One Be Better?
Salmonella is banned in walnuts and tomatoes, but is still allowed in raw chicken. Could a proposed government agency bridge the divide in safety standards?
May 12, 2015
Why That Ground Chicken Burger May Not Be As Healthy As You Think
Ground chicken may be healthier than ground beef, but there's also a downside -- specifically, heightened odds of salmonella poisoning and large-scale outbreaks.
May 12, 2015
WATCH: When It Comes to Food Safety, How a Whole Chicken Differs From the Sum of Its Parts
Eighty percent of chicken sold today has been cut up into parts -- a process that can release salmonella buried in the skin. But government inspections mainly focus on whole chickens.
May 12, 2015
Inside the Fast-Food Scandal That Changed How Beef Is Regulated
More than 20 years ago, four children were killed in an outbreak of E. coli O157 -- a dangerous strain of bacteria that was linked back to undercooked hamburgers from Jack in the Box fast food restaurants.
May 11, 2015
Is Our Food Safety Process Broken?
Meat and poultry sold to consumers comes with a USDA seal that reads "inspected and passed," but a new report says holes in the process are leaving millions at risk of a foodborne illness.
April 30, 2015