The Jungle
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The Jungle is a novel by American author and journalist Upton Sinclair. In 1904, Sinclair spent seven weeks gathering information in the meat packing district of the Union Stock Yards in Chicago for t
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A panorama of the beef industry in 1900 by a Chicago-based photographer
Men walking on wooden rails between cattle pens in the Chicago stockyard, 1909
Chicago meat inspectors in early 1906
Federal Meat Inspection Act
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The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 is a U.S. law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered
The Jungle
…outcry over passages exposing health issues and unsanitary practices in the American meat-packing industry. This led to sanitation reforms including the Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, and other product safety legislation. Jurgis Rudkus marries his sweetheart, Ona Lukoszaite, in a joyous traditional Lithuanian…
James Bronson Reynolds, 1907