A nauseating job, but it must
be done, 1906, Saturday
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Upton Sinclair was a journalist and author in the early 18th century. His most famous work, The Jungle, was originally published as a series of installments in a newspaper in 1905 and was republished as a book in 1906. Sinclair intended the focus of the book to be about the mistreatment of immigrant workers. However, the public was most drawn to how the book depicted the terrible practices and conditions of the meatpacking industry. The book lead to major reform in the food and drug industry. In
response to the book the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act passed in 1906. These laws regulated food additives, prevented bad meat from being sold, and prevented the mislabeling of product. |
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