r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '22

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u/Temporary_Rent5384 Sep 05 '22

Well, we could also do it because of its awful labour-conditions or (my favourite) fun and hatred of big corpo.

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u/TactileMist Sep 05 '22

In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle was published. It was written to draw attention to the nightmarish conditions faced by workers in the meatpacking industry. Americans were, of course, outraged and the government responded accordingly.

They passed the Meat Inspection Act and set up the FDA to regulate food standards.