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The FDA: it's a jungle in there.(Indications)(Brief article)

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From: Family Practice News
Date: 20060801
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One hundred years ago, the health of Americans was at risk with each bite they took of their kielbasas or sauerbraten. The meat industry was unregulated, and the only person with the stomach to look closely at the resulting product was Upton Sinclair, muckraker extraordinaire. His shocking book on the Chicago slaughterhouses, "The Jungle," led to such a public outcry that the Pure Food and Drug Act was signed into law in 1906, within a year of the book's publication. With enactment of that law came the creation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. So, are our bratwursts any ...

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