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How a food safety myth became a legend. (allegations made in Upton Sinclair's novel 'The Jungle')(includes a related article on a congressional debate refuting allegations in 'The Jungle')

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From: Consumers' Research Magazine
Date: 19950201
Author:Reed, Lawrence W.

Sinclair's book was a diatribe against the meat industry, and it resulted in the passage of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906. But experts dispute the allegations made in the novel, and USDA Bureau of Animal Husbandry investigators found little evidence to support the novel's claims.

Nearly 90 years ago, muckraking novelist Upton Sinclair wrote a book titled The Jungle that wove a tale of greed and abuse that reverberates to this day as a powerful case against laissez-faire capitalism. Sinclair's focus of scorn was the meatpacking industry. The objective of his effort was government ...

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