Recently divorced surgeon Dr Kim Reggis is determined to remain a good father to his only child, Becky. One night, he takes her to a favorite fast-food restaurant for a feast of burgers and fries - but tragedy strikes afterwards as the young girl becomes increasingly ill. She dies horrifically several days later, as a result os poisoning by E. coli bacteria. Everything suggests that Becky's death was the result of shoddy food-handling practices, but who is likely to admit to that? Frantic with grief and impotet rage, Kim throuws all his energies into tracing the cause of the contamination. He is certtainly prepared for bureaucratic indifference, but is also met with terrifyin violence as powerful vested interests connive to discourage his enquires.