Tue, Oct 11, 1994
Retells the story of the appearance of E.coli bacteria in ground beef in California and Washington State in 1992 and 1993 during the landmark outbreak. Focuses on the families of four children who died and of others who became seriously ill, in most cases after eating undercooked hamburgers from Jack-in-the-Box fast-food outlets. In standard news magazine fashion, there are snapshots and home movies of the pretty children before they were stricken, followed by grim hospital and funeral scenes. The reporter, Meredith Vieira, goes on to accuse the Federal Department of Agriculture of not doing enough to protect consumers from contaminated meat.