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