Modern Meat (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE investigated how sweeping changes in the meat industry - making it vastly more centralized, high-tech and efficient - led to low prices, but also introduced new risks. (Aired 2002)
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The hamburger is as American as apple pie. When this documentary aired, the average American ate three a week - and hamburgers had become the engine of a vastly changed meat industry. In “Modern Meat,” FRONTLINE investigated whether dramatic changes in the U.S. meat industry were compromising the safety of America’s beef supply - and examined why contaminated meat was getting through the system.
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CHAPTERS:
Prologue - 0:00
Food Poisoning and the Safety of America’s Meat Supply - 1:22
The 1993 Jack-in-the-Box Food Poisoning Outbreak - 5:31
Raising Cattle That Become Hamburgers - 8:39
The Dangers of Antibiotic Resistance - 14:09
Inside the Meat-Packing Business - 16:26
The USDA and the Debate Over Meat Safety Regulations - 24:06
Globalization and Food Safety - 39:34
The Meat Industry’s Safety Push - 47:48
Credits - 52:10

[@quil10it]

Wish frontline did follow up to these old stories. I would want to hear more current updates. 20 year old news is a history lesson.

[@theonemodifier]

2022 The bulk of a fast-food hamburger from McDonald's, Burger King or Wendy's is made from cows that eat primarily corn, or so says a new study of the chemical composition of more than 480 fast-food burgers from across the nation. Don't eat it, by grass fed and make your own

[@MJScoutArchMar]

My family owns 3 meat processing companies. I would be happy to answer any questions that you have. If I don't reply quickly, my apologies as I receive numerous youtube notifications and I miss seeing many of them.

[@tonic316]

"Every year, an estimated 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases.Feb 22, 2022" looks lke we did well. Considering they said 5k a year die in 2002. And now 20 years later way more people exist and we have LESS deaths.

[@kamnapavon4638]

They do not Report on Real News in the Modern Era.. Unless it is some 'Hot Topic Issue', it goes unreported.... It is more about Controversy than Issues.

[@embededfabrication4482]

@@tonic316 sadly, one of the ways they accomplished this is with the modern factory food, paper thin burgers etc etc.

[@lowbudgetmic]

Twenty years later, imagine the updated version to this topic... 😮

[@jennmokgadi3438]

This would seem like the elementary version cause now cows don't see the sunshine 😂😂😂

[@personofthefuture123]

So many people died from poisoning in the five years that followed this documentary alone. Sickening and sad.

[@dannysunay4386]

When was the last outbreak where it killed people?

[@lalaciour]

with a section about fake meats maybe? would be interesting to know the pros n cons I feel like frontline does a good job researching and explaining every topic they cover

[@theonemodifier]

@@dannysunay4386 it's a slow death now

[@fieryweasel]

2002 feels like it should be a few years ago, not twenty damn years ago.

[@mrmustangman]

no joke...

[@jorgeo.e3211]

😭😭

[@christinasuozzo]

So true! 😢

[@JulieT..]

⏳🛫

[@nusaibahibraheem8183]

Exactly how I feel. I don't feel time.

[@lovelyorchid21]

Do a newer investigation on the meat industry for us! It would be nice to see what it’s like now. Well, not nice, let’s say, educational.

[@lawsonj39]

And possibly life-saving.

[@jocelynbrown9187]

Agreed!!

[@hospicedragon96]

I prefer grass fed beef everytime, so the "marbling" that factory feed lots line is bullshite

[@christracey5813]

Unfortunately that could be very difficult due to successful industry lobbying. Look up "MCLIBEL" laws. They range from the mild (can't make statements about how healthy/unhealthy a food is unless you are a medical doctor) to the insane (can't take or post pictures of feed lots and facilities, even if taken from public roads)

[@hospicedragon96]

The FDA and USDA are run by corporatists who are CEO's of Agbusiness. That is a conflict of interest.

[@aikanae1]

Frontline needs to do a part 2: a twenty yr update.

[@oneshothunter9877]

Agree. Add DW (Deutsche Welle) and you've got two great channels.

[@mannymoseley4005]

I agree. We need an update.

[@nomanejane5766]

​@@mannymoseley4005to be honesr not much has changed .

[@hellyeah7403]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by FRONTLINE is truly a gift. 🤟

[@hospicedragon96]

They literally worked around workers who had died of Covid-19 on the meat packing floor as if they had 0 value and had a Death pool. You can't paradody the meat industry to be any worse than it already is.

[@TaxTheChurches.]

A PBS streaming subscription costs only $5 a month. You can get everything on PBS and more.

[@charitywattenburger4550]

No, it really isn't. A lot of us have already lived through these nightmares. The only ones learning are the youngsters.

[@SkinniJ]

@@TaxTheChurches.Can you give me the 5 dollars??

[@brianperez-rj1pw]

HELL YEAH!

[@STFU255]

Love to see a update after 20 years

[@kellyngrey4950]

Not much has changed. Cattle are still kept in lots. Beef is still mass produced. Hormones and antibiotics are still used.

[@theonemodifier]

2022 The bulk of a fast-food hamburger from McDonald's, Burger King or Wendy's is made from cows that eat primarily corn, or so says a new study of the chemical composition of more than 480 fast-food burgers from across the nation. Don't eat it, by grass fed and make your own

[@zazarays]

@@kellyngrey4950 thx

[@tonic316]

@@zazarays "Every year, an estimated 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases.Feb 22, 2022" looks lke we did well. Considering they said 5k a year die in 2002. And now 20 years later way more people exist and we have LESS deaths.

[@zazarays]

@@tonic316 The size difference between those numbers leaves such a huge room for error. I wouldn't trust those studies results just a ballpark area and 3,000 and 5,000 are close enough to say they're the same

[@technoir2584]

How have things changed 20 years later? I don't think fast food meat is even meat anymore.

[@cantstanditanymore]

Anything but animal meat anyway...🙄

[@adamhoisington9761]

@@cantstanditanymore throw it in the soup!

[@dannysunay4386]

It is, how does your big Mac taste!? Ask yourself?

[@someguy2135]

That's a good thing! Beyond Meat and Impossible products are less likely to produce food borne illness. They are also much better for our environment, and use of fresh water.

[@nettieharris]

All of the meat in America are missing children???! Or Even All the meat at McDonald’s!!! Think about how many millions of children that would be!!

[@BarryAnderson]

Food poisoning from contaminated meat almost killed me 4 decades ago. First, it was beef then later chicken.

[@zz449944]

Corporate buyouts and consolidation of the food industry is something that I have been concerned about for many years. Long gone are the days where local or regional slaughterhouses, meat packers, canneries, and food producers sold and distributed their products to only small areas of the country or even a single state. Now, a single location produces food that gets distributed all across the nation, even to all 50 states and beyond. So that when there IS a problem, one food plant can can affect millions of people pretty much everywhere.

[@mannymoseley4005]

I would advise you to find, shop at a health food store or try one of these through the mail food stores Fresh Direct Caviar ipsa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@charitywattenburger4550]

​@@mannymoseley4005 not all of can afford those services, they're VERY EXPENSIVE. Besides that, some of those you mentioned have very poor product. After paying that price to look in the bags to finding moldy, not ripe, over ripe, limp carrots, zucchini that looks like a chicken pecked it, or slimy bad chicken, it's just NOT worth it. It ends up costing even more if one goes to the store to replace the items, orders takeout, or decides to go out to a restaurant.

[@pamelarepec8]

Effect, not affect.

[@walpoleandworcester]

Thanks for uploading these older Frontline episodes! Good ol 4:3 format!

[@skeetrix5577]

their so old none of the bullshit in this is relevant anymore

[@stephonwilliams5232]

What is the 4:3 format ???

[@GR8APE69]

@stephon williams It's the aspect ratio that was used before HD became the basic standard. It was used on the old, square CRT TVs that weighed a ton! Basically, what we had before high-definition flatscreens became a thing. The modern HD aspect ratio is 16:9, and you'll sometimes see things in 21:9 (usually movie theaters or high end Ultra-wide monitors).

[@pisceanbeauty2503]

It’s actually a rather flattering ratio when watching this in portrait mode on my phone.

[@gokartmozart__615]

Outstanding! A new Frontline episode in my YT feed! Wait...what? It's twenty years old. Come on, PBS, I can't live on this emotional roller coaster.

[@shenton18]

You can look at the people's glasses and hairstyles. .it helps you know which era we in lol

[@lewisbale1]

That's what I said, I was so excited.

[@mannymoseley4005]

Better we learn the truth about the processing of our food. I recommend to shop at the health food store.

[@inputoutput5995]

Loving these old rebroadcasts. Thanks, Frontline!

[@joeking433]

I think it's disgusting! It's a waste of my time.

[@eckankar7756]

I could watch documentaries all day long...these are written so well.

[@arthurr7866]

PBS is normally my channel to watch. But they disappointed me by showing this video as a repeat from 20+ years ago. I expected a more modern version of the issue. I'm disappointed in PBS.

[@derekbaker777]

Sometimes there isn't anything new to report on, and channels have to recycle stories until something new comes along. I don't mind it. I'd rather watch something old than hear about something bad and negative, which is pretty much all we ever hear about nowadays because America is divided more than ever now, and our corrupt government doesn't care one iota about "We the People." I guess PBS could report on how half of America can no longer even define what a man or woman is and how the liberal half of our nation has gone rogue and insane with twisted and evil ideological beliefs. And it'd have to be a 5-part documentary to list all the destructive policies of liberal democrats to understand the severity and horrible direction in which these corrupt politicians have lead our nation.

[@hamentaschen]

@@joeking433 Wait. Wasn't that exactly what your momma said right after you were born?

[@Mico8791]

I always get the chills when I hear the Frontline intro music.

[@yaantsudnbesdai972]

I don't; I get the "hots." Gives me the 'PINOCCHIO' sweats........like a scalding cauldron sliding down my humerus...

[@billytheweasel]

i remember when frontline did bold investigative reporting on corporations, glad to see frontline is surviving corporatism.

[@cantstanditanymore]

PBS.... Don't kid yourself, and by all means please don't trust ANYTHING ANYMORE!!!!! For the love of Pete!!!

[@resarm5007]

how are they "surviving"? This report is 20 years old!

[@billytheweasel]

@@resarm5007 still filming episodes. Must be close to 800 now. They used to question authority pretty hard and wore a funding target for it.

[@hydroaegis6658]

49:40 He's literally saying that contaminated meat isn't the result of contaminated facilities. Bruh.

[@christinasuozzo]

Frontline has been the best show on television for decades.

[@devildoggaming4603]

100% agree

[@evanfinch4987]

I feel like the older episodes 2010 and earlier) were harder journalism than the more recent era where they seem to rely more on the same group of generalized "experts"/authors/other major market journalists rather.

[@jactac838]

I don't know anyone who eats 3 burgers a week.

[@buddyphillips9790]

Because the ones that did are all dead 😂

[@BoydGilbreath]

"It's not the beef industry that's fighting ". No, it's pure greed. Nothing but profit matters.

[@mannymoseley4005]

This is true. They fought for lower standards to these food companies and food stores. I recommend shop at the health food store. Find one near you or order organic food through the mail. Try these businesses see how you like them: Fresh Direct Caviar ipsa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Book Fast Food Nation Book The Jungle Upton StClaire Be safe. I wish you good health. God bless you.

[@lesliefish4753]

I live in a rural town outside of Phoenix, where the biggest food-store is an independent grocer and the meat, dairy, and produce are grown locally. I've never had any problem with the locally-grown meats, nor do I know anybody else in town who has.

[@carynmartin6053]

What's the name of the town and grocery store? My son lives near Phoenix

[@williamkreth]

That's what's needed more localized meat production

[@stephonwilliams5232]

How expensive is the meats tho???

[@lesliefish4753]

@@stephonwilliams5232 The prices compare well with the big stores in the city, and some of them are cheaper. Chicken and eggs are excellent and fairly cheap -- probably because Buckeye is the HQ of Hickman's Eggs, the biggest employer in town. Beef and dairy are pretty cheap too, probably because Shamrock Dairies -- a co-op of local cattle farmers and ranchers -- is the second biggest employer.

[@babagandu]

@@stephonwilliams5232 they are online stores that sell organic and grass fed beef

[@rm26367]

I can only imagine how worse it has gotten since 2002. I stopped eating meat a long time ago b/c of their corn diet and uses of antibiotics.

[@someguy2135]

One of the many reasons to boycott animal products!

[@JulieT..]

Me too. Years ago I ate a McDonald's burger and without exception........ Heartburn every time. No more for me. I don't even want to know what garbage is in the burger. 😫☢

[@davidb2206]

Same here. And the cholesterol, which is only in animal products.

[@mannymoseley4005]

@@JulieT.. I grew up eating at McDonald's. When I got married I began eating at the health food store, that's 31years ago. The health food store offers free range beef, chicken and lamb. It also offers the same products as other groceries just healthier version. Here is a list of through the mail food stores if you can't find a health food store near you. Also ask the health food store if they will ship food to you. A list of through the mail food stores Fresh Direct prepared food Caviar prepared food ipsa prepared food Freshly prepared food Hello Fresh, you cook Blue Apron, prepared food Boxed Market, you cook the food Misfits, imperfect foods, you cook Book Fast Food Nation Book The Jungle StClaire Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@Mobie-ls6wh]

The world is mainly full of atomictomes. Fleshes robots nucklehead. If it comes from the top, it must be true. We may have lost 😳 the ability to think for ourselves.

[@n00n1n]

The "poke and sniff method" he says. 😂 Wow, we've actually come a long way.

[@mannymoseley4005]

The FDA has failed us terribly. That's why I suggeste all people shop at the health food stores, organic meat, organic spices, organic food is healthier for us. Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@embededfabrication4482]

Cook your own food......properly The fast food is just terrible these days, it really is, people have been gradually accustomed to it, you would never sell it to anyone 20 years ago

[@mannymoseley4005]

I agree that the quality of fast food is awful. However I must say that currently their are eleven health food stores near me, they sell whole cooked chicken, chicken soup and other soups organic meat, organic spices and many other better versions of food than regular grocery stores. And now near me are a few farm to table fresh restaurants. They cook only free range beef and chicken and organic vegetables. The following are through the mail food stores, see if some deliver to your area: Fresh Direct Caviar ipsa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits God bless you. Be safe. Stay healthy.

[@whendis.roberts9903]

I cook all our own food well done. Even Steaks..well done!!! Everyone is very well done and we get Pizza Hut Pizza once a week on Saturday Nights to give me a break from cooking and Sausage and Pepperoni that we get on the pizza are fully cooked. Food poisoning is scary. We are scared to buy a Cantaloupe to this day. We don't buy Romaine lettuce or Cantaloupe at all anymore. Two of our favorite foods. We wonts eat it!!!!

[@lchaney]

​@@mannymoseley4005 dude stop spamming this everywhere. I might have checked one of those out, but you have lost all credibility by spamming that everywhere. Weird that you include hello fresh and blue apron. What makes you think their groceries are any better than the grocery store?

[@user-cq8jm1rj3x]

Twenty years later, imagine the updated version to this topic... . This channel is beyond awesome, thanks for the documentaries..

[@aSoldiersGirlieGirl]

No food is safe really. There have been plenty of contaminated lettuce incidents. Ice cream. Chicken. Etc.

[@daveyd0071]

This channel is beyond awesome, thanks for the documentaries.

[@googleuser868]

We grow a lot of our own food. Big garden and fruit trees. Lots of wild berries available. We just don't eat as much meat as we use to.

[@williebeamish5879]

Be great if everyone could, wouldn't it? So many squished into little apartments, or homeless now.

[@mannymoseley4005]

You can look for a great health food store near you, it's even worth it to travel out of the way for one. You may want to add to your list some of the following through the mail food stores Fresh Direct Caviar ispa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@lchaney]

CONGRATULATIONS

[@judykieffer8812]

Thank you Frontline for the educational updates .

[@tyroneharper5375]

I quit eating Taco Bell 16yrs ago, i haven't had BK, McDonald's, Wendy's or any other fast food joint in 12yrs. The last time i had McDonald's it tasted like plastic. Trust me you will notice a difference in your body when you stop eating fast food. Also cut back on sodas and process food. Food Inc and Salt, Fat, Sugar are good books to read about Our Food. ✌🏾

[@brega6286]

True ! The fast food and many premade meals taste and odor become odd/off.;.chemically,like perfume in some cases... if you have avoided them for awhile.

[@pennydavis9494]

I worked at taco bell ass a janitor. In the woman's bathroom was a hand blower. I would find human fecies under the hand blower.

[@xoox7469]

I eat boiled chicken. Eat meat, not alot. I don't eat fast food. I may have it few times a year. Yes, I noticed the difference how my stomach feels eating fast food. The Digestive system has a horrible time processing ,it could make us all sick.

[@evanfinch4987]

wow are you saying fast food is unhealthy??? where did you obtain this knowledge??

[@jeff7764]

I only eat fish or chicken once or twice a week and mostly plant based for over 6 years, man oh man what a difference in every aspect of my life, from energy, focus, sex drive, health, cholesterol, blood pressure etc etc etc. it’s a remarkable way to live

[@janedoe09]

I don't eat red meat often, maybe once every couple of months and only buy organic grass fed beef(hopefully that is the truth) I don't think I'd want an up date on this....what a *ucking scary time we are living in. Peace and Healing to all💜💜💜

[@jeffjones4729]

This is over 20 years old. This fact is not a flaw. It is a feature.

[@JulieT..]

Damn, why am I watching this right after I finished eating my dinner of homemade burgers?!?! 🍔 😫😫😫😫😫

[@mannymoseley4005]

Try shopping at a health food store. The products are better Here are also some through the mail food stores Fresh Direct Caviar ipsa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@naxuaezekiel5505]

i just had a double cheese burger at mickeydees

[@williamdenton6317]

I grew up in south america. Cattle south of the border are range raised. The vast LLanos of Colombia and Venezuela come to mind. Huge herds of cattle roam those grasslands, The meat is lean and not marbled. The first time I bit into an american burger I had to spit it out. I couldn't take the fatty taste.

[@williamkreth]

We need more localized farming. In sustainable ways. It can be done! 30% of food cost is the cost to transport it!

[@mannymoseley4005]

You can, I strongly encourage people to shop at a health food store. Also here is a list of through the mail food stores, some sell organic food. Ask them, look them up on the internet, inquire about their products and where they deliver. Fresh Direct Caviar ipsa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Book Fast Food Nation Book The Jungle by Upton StClaire Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@MultiMattman68]

I suggest that anyone who has never read the book,The Jungle,by Upton Sinclair. It was about the meat packing industry in the 1800's,quite eye opening

[@ALCRAN2010]

That meat was all grass fed and more natural than today's.

[@elbozo5723]

@@ALCRAN2010 lol maybe you should take OPs advice, you don't wanna be eating 1800s meat

[@ag4244]

Upton Sinclair was also a hard-core socialist, so keep in mind he was a bit of a radical nut too

[@zenlandzipline]

@@ag4244do his political beliefs make any research he does, and books he writes, unbelievable?

[@ag4244]

@@zenlandzipline is that what I said? He sure did sensationalize things tho and political activists always have an agenda they're pushing

[@tjpopsit]

So Bill is saying his feedlot feeds Almighty God's creation better than Almighty God. But just because he has fooled himself doesn't mean we're all stupid.

[@thereverendepi_gee565]

what are you talking about?

[@lawsonj39]

@@thereverendepi_gee565 TJ's talking about Bill Hawe (sp?), the feedlot manager who appears around 11:25. He claims a steer would prefer a feedlot to grazing.

[@tjpopsit]

@@lawsonj39 🎯 TY

[@123pickles]

@@lawsonj39 I caught that too. And I suppose the feedlot 'manager' would say that the overfed cows loove sleeping in their own juicy cow pies. Holy shite

[@JulieT..]

@@123pickles no kidding. That is why some ground beef stinks like 💩 when you cook it in the pan. I stopped buying it because of that reason. They are standing, sleeping, and eating 💩 therefore the meat absorbs that as well. Disgusting 🙃

[@secretsquirrel1534]

I remember wanting to be a reporter for pbs when I was in high school back in the 80's !!!

[@mannymoseley4005]

Are you honest, moral, a great writer, go for it, pursue that. Will you get a degree in journalism or be self-taught.

[@kinky_Z]

Americans eat 3 burgers/week? I eat about 6/yr so somebody is eating 150 of my burgers!

[@oneshothunter9877]

They generally eat sh*tty food. I've met American grown ups who didn't make their own food, like never because they couldn't. They didn't now how to make proper food. Just KFC chicken 😁 Ffs! 🙄

[@christinerabior7915]

We need updated info regarding our food in 2023

[@babygirl3615]

After watching the "Meat Glue" Documentary, I'm heading for vegetarian life...

[@tuinfarto608]

Did you switch?

[@Uhhlaneuh]

Stopped eating meat in 2008 and haven’t looked back

[@chipfyn1]

Wendy’s E. coli outbreak was the number one outbreak of 2022, with at least 109 people sick in six states, and 52 patients hospitalized. The CDC says that they were unable to confirm a food source, but more than 80% of patients who were interviewed by public health officials said they ate at a Wendy’s restaurant. Whole genome sequencing showed that isolates from patients were closely related genetically, which means they likely got sick from eating the same food.

[@veritas41photo]

I agree 100 percent. I have always detested Wendy's. Try buying one Wendy's hamburger and just sniffing it before eating. You'll probably toss it away and never go back.

[@tonic316]

@@veritas41photo maybe dont live in a redneck state lmao

[@mannymoseley4005]

Thank you for this information. God bless you.

[@13donstalos]

@@tonic316 What?

[@LearningCurves123]

@@tonic316 Wendy's is in all states.

[@nathanmcarthur5946]

I will say living in small town north Texas with family ranches and family raised cattle who take them to the local or the next town over’s butcher, provides a waaaaay better cut of beef than the supermarkets and chain stores could dream about. And the cows are raised right.

[@tundrawomansays694]

I bet it’s great-I’m envious! Meat here (northern east coast) does not taste like meat. I got sicker than hell on a large burger chain’s burgers in the early ‘80”s and have become an unwilling vegan as a result. I’m not gonna pay for meat/poultry that not only is tasteless but hazardous to my health. I haven’t had beef, chicken, pork that tastes like anything (except what I use for seasonings) or that tastes like it did decades ago. Enjoy your meat!

[@kellyngrey4950]

Totally! And by the way, when you go to a big grocery store and get "grass fed beef," more than likely it was raised in a feedlot eating corn and shot up with hormones/antibiotics, but it was "finished" off eating grass in the last month of its life. Support your local butcher, that way you know what you are getting!

[@someguy2135]

Needless killing of innocent sentient beings makes the question of how they are raised irrelevant. One more reason to boycott animal products.

[@nathanmcarthur5946]

@@someguy2135 Needless to say come to Texas and spew those words. You won’t make it far son.

[@nomadclan3604]

Our cow lived a great life and this week he goes to butcher, it's awesome knowing where your supper came from!

[@CoreyChambersLA]

I've eaten hundreds of hamburgers. Never got any bacterial sickness whatsoever. That's an A+ for American meat. For good health, most Americans need to eat more vegetables and less everything else btw.

[@maryhoffman1157]

I am a waitress 40 years. I went vegan at 62. Don't count on the fact that your food is safe, there is so much that goe on even before it gets to a restaurant. Of course if you weren't going out to eat I'd be broke. But be careful and if it looks bad Don't even try it

[@TexasRed167]

Sad. Veggies aren’t the way.

[@user-tc3rq6yc2y]

Even vegetables you have to be careful with.. gmo

[@HariMorni]

Fruits and vegetables can also become contaminated with salmonella, listeria, E. Coli, etc. No food is completely safe or risk-free.

[@jaityrone6306]

You can get it from lettuce too

[@jaityrone6306]

You can get it from lettuce too

[@SamuelWarton]

@pbs This needs an update.. and what a sad industry, hope we can replace it completely with something better for humans, the animals, and the planet

[@mannymoseley4005]

Something better does has been around for many years it is called the health food store. There are also farm to table fresh restaurants. See if the health food store will ship food to you. Check for online organic health food stores They can ship food to you. Our bodies are amazing but we must care for them with proper food and exercise and rest. You can walk, jog, swim, do yoga, pilates, take karate lessons, do aerobics, do weight training. Be safe. I wish you good health. God bless you.

[@ALCRAN2010]

Joel Salatin. Watch and read his books and videos on these topics.

[@Ana-bn9tw]

My uncle used to be a butcher and he always told us to rinse the meat, cook thoroughly, or avoid it altogether. He said people work so fast, we're eating human fresh from men who cut themselves as they work

[@JulieT..]

😨😫

[@mannymoseley4005]

My how awful. That is why I think that the health food store and farm to table fresh restaurants are best for all. Try shopping at an online health food store and have them mail food to you. Organic food is healthier and it tastes better. Thanks for the information. Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@barowt]

21 years later, and nothing has really changed... 😮

[@ercanylmaz967]

😮

[@St63420]

It has gotten worse. Not just food but vaccines , drugs, etc.

[@bakerman10]

This was 20 years ago. Sheesh.

[@mrmustangman]

imagine how bad it is now.!!!!

[@kevinjohnson8495]

still relevant today!

[@bakerman10]

@@mrmustangman Who knows?

[@bakerman10]

@@kevinjohnson8495 Even though it might have gotten better?

[@Michelle-be9tz]

Would like to see a Frontline exclusive on the American cities in ruins,from years of neglect and loss of lives across America...buildings and homes set empty ,abandoned and crumbling.Once were thriving and a part of America's economy now lie in absolute devastation.

[@robertowens7844]

This just goes too show, how unprepared our government is

[@TheLadyrose01]

Oh they know. They just don't want to do anything about it when these corporations are bribing them

[@mannymoseley4005]

I encourage people to shop at the health food store. To eat at farm to table fresh restaurants. If neither of these are in your neighborhood find an organic online health food store and order your food online, have them mail it to you. You have to try something different because some grocery stores and restaurants serve unhealthy food. Be safe. I wish you good health. God bless you.

[@DarkPesco]

25 minutes in and I'm thinking, "Soooooo... don't trust any meat you didn't slaughter and butcher yourself!" Gotcha!

[@egonzalez920]

Very valuable information, on my way to read “Jungle” once again.

[@juancerda-duran1824]

I read Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food. Nation when I was a senior in high school (roughly 5 years ago). To this day, it is the only book I ever enjoyed reading. It’s cool of you guys at Frontline to feature him in this documentary.

[@JoeSmith-cy9wj]

They know damn well the problem rarely begins on the farm. While conditions on large cattle farms is not normal or humane, contamination doesn't usually make it beyond the intake process. Unless there is rampant negligence and allow dead or obviously wounded animals past the gate, a living cow is a self regulating organism, it's flesh is sterile. In the processing plant and beyond is where bacteria colonize products. Unlike vegetables, the outer covering of beef is removed prior to processing. The FDA has gone so far as to close down small farms in the name if safety, when the reality is they are generally much more humane, natural and healthier for the animals and the people who eat them. Most regulatory agencies, the FDA being the prime example, are actually promotion and enforcement agencies for big corporations. Blaming small operators for the dangers introduced by large production practices is a backward and asinine policy totally under the control of lobbyists and big buisness. The root problem here is greed , undermining all regulation and common sense

[@Creighton779]

A great documentary.

[@user-zk8ed4kd2b]

Frontline should do a new update episode about this.

[@mannymoseley4005]

Thank you for posting this, it is very informative.

[@catmanrescue1]

The cleanest plant ive repaired machines at was oberto ,, the filthiest was a small restraunt and it was crowded , shoulder to shoulder with green cards. The fish plants can be bad to repair at . depends on the owner and dont get me going on the dairy side .

[@drewna1612]

any chance we can get an episode that isn't 20 years old

[@tommystovall6153]

That make sense to have the inspection at the restaurant or the supermarket, makes perfect sense . It way to go as a black up plan

[@dorislenel8555]

Thank you. Frontline

[@gracekeepsittogether4322]

I appreciate FLs investigations & the free upload. A update is due. Concerning issues today Of our food over same issues are likely just not being reported. As a consumer I've observed/ experienced behavior, food quality at restaurants. Not inform dyes used to keep meat looking healthy red instores. Also plzzz lobbyist role.

[@mannymoseley4005]

The consumer has to do alternative things because the FDA is not doing it's job to keep unsafe, unhealthy products off the shelves in food stores, namely white sugar, white flour, white flour, processed meats and transfat out of our food, off the shelves, so people have to be wise, savvy and shop at health food stores. Try one of these through the mail food stores, see if they offer food and service you are pleased with: Fresh Direct Caviar ipsa Hello Fresh Freshly Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Be safe. I wish you good health. God bless you.

[@silentecho8329]

Does anyone else see the strategy as to why this is being reintroduced at this point in time?

[@Filmfist]

Huh??

[@mannymoseley4005]

Please follow up with an update of this video and and solutions like shop at the health food store. Thank you very much.

[@amazon4716]

Don't blame commercial farms When slaughtering animals, the companies pay to check and make sure the meat is good to pass. Questions is... how did the contaminated meat get a pass.

[@davidb2206]

Now if you watch a recent investigation of chicken (and salmonella), it will scare you better than a horror movie.

[@mannymoseley4005]

I encourage people I know to eat food from the health food store. The food is healthier and cleaner better quality than that of the regular stores. Whole Foods has a health food section. Here is a list of through the mail food stores in case you're interested: Fresh Direct Caviar ispa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Be safe. I wish you good health. God bless you.

[@mannymoseley4005]

Thank God for journalists.

[@davidb2206]

@@mannymoseley4005 I encourage people I know to grow their own backyard food organically and avoid the nasty and unethical meat industry altogether (vegetarian). Only animal products contain cholesterol.

[@geowantmyms1284]

that goes to show its always best to do it on your own

[@babagandu]

Or buy organic grass fed online

[@mannymoseley4005]

I agree. You can look for a health food store near you. You can look for a farm to table fresh restaurant. Or buy your food online, have it shipped to you. Here are some through the mail food stores: Fresh Direct Caviar ipsa Freshly Hello Fresh Blue Apron Boxed Market Misfits Be safe. I wish you well, good health. God bless you.

[@gdew9643]

It is 2023, this was aired 2002, without an update there is necessary info missing. Might help if Old documentaries are posted with an update 🤔

[@Luminousplayer]

if a company dislikes your inspector, you should maybe think of that as a compliment...

[@zardiw]

Fucking thing is 20 years old............don't want to even think what it's like now..........sigh........ Z

[@mrmustangman]

🎯

[@drumcircler]

Plant based meat mixes well into a meal. I gave up meat and don’t miss it one bit, but my cholesterol dropped 101 points in 10 months.

[@ALCRAN2010]

Cholesterol is good for you. Don't be deceived by fake meat.

[@taugehayam]

Lol

[@luceroochoa996]

Yeah, no thanks. So many cancer causing and disgusting ingredients. Nothing will ever beat grass fed, pasture raised, or regenerative farm raised meats. Nor will plant based ever replace the amount of vitamins you get from animal protein.

[@rosemaryangela1825]

Be careful with plant based meats. They have a lot of chemicals in them. It’s almost better to eat the real thing, or switch to strict vegetarian

[@free2ufreefertilizer]

WOW!!! THIS INFO Thank you

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

When do we get some new episodes?

[@theresadimaggio7241]

I lovefrontline

[@skeetrix5577]

it's so big and juicy and delicious

[@billytheweasel]

yep

[@roughroadrunner88]

Ofcourse its tyranny among these elite corporations. Regulations are hard to implement since they pay or cast out those who oppose. Sad world. But still thank you for people like Ms. Patsy McKee for being brave on implementing her job well.

[@kellyngrey4950]

Lobbying isn't exclusive to the meat industry, sadly.

[@mannymoseley4005]

We can shop at a health food store. We can write the FDA and tell what we don't like. And we can write our Congressman and share our concerns. Be safe. Stay healthy. God bless you.

[@evanfinch4987]

dude people flip out and blame democrats when eggs go up 50 cents in price. its politically impossible to get stricter regulation done because it will be promptly weaponized by conservatives using sophisticated public opinion contractors that have perfected how to manipulate the public so it believes their best interests are aligned with the assholes who fly private jets to board meetings

[@johnhenrick2298]

In my 77 years of life I've had one serious bout of food poisoning where I was ill for a week, lost 20 lb and my wife thought I was going to die because I was grey. It happened in the UK in an Indian restaurant where a health inspector caught one of the cooks coming out of the toilet with feces on his fingers, and he washed them in a sink of water where chickens were defrosting. He found a number of other things, too. I've been in the USA since 1978, eaten many hundreds of burgers and not become ill one time. If four in every ten become ill from food poisoning, it's amazing how it has skipped me. I'll keep eating the burgers, thanks.

[@Xtrah0ts4uce]

How was this twenty years ago??? We need a follow up!!!

[@holistictrap3908]

Best show on 🌎

[@justeatmyass]

Cool thanks but this is twenty years old

[@johndick5887]

Thank You.

[@Mobie-ls6wh]

Thank you Frontline.........

[@Chronoir3]

2002, good times

[@mrmustangman]

i looked at a bag of frozen broccoli in my freezer and it said 'product of mexico'.... 😭

[@JoseRamirez-lf6wi]

Make some broccoli beef are so good with soy sauce.whats for dinner?

[@stevensonjc21]

Who in the world eats three hamburgers a week? Seriously asking cause wow wow wow

[@bluesburg]

That processing plant scene at 20:20 sec' almost made me vomit. (I don't eat meat.) Yes, this is an old documentary, but well done. I appreciate that these PBS Frontline investigations are still available for viewing.

[@monaali1898]

I guess in 2022 you want to know whats in your meat ? you will be presented with the food safety procedure videos from 20 years ago.🤨

[@mannymoseley4005]

True this video needs to be updated to tell us what practices are being used today. Could you please also include an entire separate documentary on the health food stores in America please include New York, California, Park City Utah, Ocean City Maryland and Maui, Hawaii. Thank you. God bless you.

[@secretsquirrel1534]

Anyone Else Wonder what They do with the Meat that is Recalled ??? I have Often wondered how much of the Infected Recalled Meats end up being Resold to Pet Food Companies to use !!!

[@jamesfreeman2258]

Ditto

[@jamesfreeman2258]

Or given to other factory farm animals

[@Vector_Ze]

Less than VHS resolution in a 2002 program, what's up with that?

[@TENNSUMITSUMA]

4:20 ...they're laughing about that?! yet they're supposedly the ones to help stop it?! how, exactly, does that work?!

[@sallycasas4170]

Hair must be covered at all times when handling food. Compassion, transparency, integrity and accountability for all!

[@mannymoseley4005]

I would advise all Americans, since the FDA are not doing their job for people to shop at a health food store and or other their food from a through the mail food stores such as Fresh Direct, prepared food Caviar, prepared food ipsa, prepared food Freshly, prepared food Hello Fresh, you cook the food Blue Apron, prepared food Boxed Market, groceries, you cook Misfits, imperfect food, you cook Book Fast Food Nation Book The Jungle StClaire Bon Appetit. Be safe. Stay healthy God bless you.

[@same5952]

@@mannymoseley4005 FDA is underfunded and understaffed. Hard to do your job without adequate resources. Thank your corrupt politicians for that.

[@MyFavoriteColorIsBLUE]

Good job Patsy 👍 👌

[@SchnelleKat]

Wow, aired back in 2002!? Really sad to see that era of my childhood is completely gone, and won't ever come back. The USA and it's people are very different today. Godbless the USA and save it from this spiral we are in today.

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

I think there should be captions written over the dates they mention like, "There has been thirty years between the samanella poisoning and now." This would be easier than having to redo the whole documentary.

[@theultimatelibra21]

Is there an update on this piece?

[@CS-nw9si]

Been vegan for 7+ years, one of the best decisions I ever made.

[@carynmartin6053]

Make sure you get all your amino acids for your brain health!

[@RJLupin-zu9xv]

Good for you! Next year's my 10th anniversary without animal products. I haven't died of protein deficiency yet. Fine on the B12. Lipid panel was amazing.

[@RJLupin-zu9xv]

@Becky Berringer Hahahahaha

[@mecdrum7]

70 no health problems 20 years vegan

[@123pickles]

5 years 100% vegan for me.

[@maryelizabethmccartney5425]

This is 2023, please update this program, thank you.

[@apikowinnie7702]

Am blessed to be African living in Africa

[@michaelhall7546]

20 year old documentary. Thanks pbs

[@kevinjohnson8495]

still relevant today!

[@michaelhall7546]

@@kevinjohnson8495 it's relevant that my tax dollars are going to pbs and I can't even get slightly new content

[@NIGHTFLIGHTVIDEO]

For real, it's been produced for tube TVs

[@jonkaminsky8382]

@@michaelhall7546 PBS now stands for “Panhandling Broadcast Station” because they usurp our taxes and give nothing in return of any real quality. You’re absolutely correct.

[@WaterproofSoap]

@@michaelhall7546.... most taxpayers like me get pissed with the potholes in the road not being filled in...... because our tax money pours into those funds that should pay for those repairs Are you aware of the funding of the public broadcasting system and the breakdown and flow of it's funding? do you think it's predicated on tax dollars because of the word *PUBLIC* in its name??? SMFH