In
the early 1900s, meat-packing facilities were unsafe and unsanitary. In 1906,
Upton Sinclair published The Jungle, which lifted the curtains of
ignorance from over the masses. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered an
inspection, and his inspectors returned with information that confirmed poor
conditions in meat-packing facilities. Roosevelt took responsibility for the
problem, and submitted the information to Congress, who passed the Meat
Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. These statutes led to more sanitary
working conditions for packinghouse workers, and gave Americans the right to
clean meat.
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