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Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

2023•1h 23m•7.1/10
DocumentaryCrime

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7.1/10(50)

Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines the problem of deadly foodborne illness in the US.

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Production

Campfire Studios, Atlas Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Bill Marler

Self - Food Safety Lawyer

Darin Detwiler

Self - Father, Food Safety Advocate, Professor

Dr. John Kobayashi

Self - Public Health Official

Lance Price, Ph.D.

Self - Environmental Health Microbiologist

Robert Nugent

Self - President, Jack in the Box

Vicki Detwiler

Self - Mother

Marion Nestle

Self - Food Policy Expert, Author

Timothy Lytton

Self - Author

Brian Ronholm

Self - Food Policy Expert

Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan

Self

Mansour Samadpour

Self - Food Safety Consultant, CEO

Scott Ingberg

Self - Father

Candie Ingberg

Self - Mother

Dr. Pablo Dayer

Self - Doctor

Ben Chapman

Self - Professor and Food Safety Specialist

Sarah Sorscher

Self - Public Health Official

Sandra Eskin

Self - USDA Official

Frank Yiannas

Self - FDA Official

Rosa DeLauro

Rosa DeLauro

Self

Tim York

Self - CEO

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