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Food Safety Failures – Why The Fda Can’t Protect You
Since its inception in the early part of the 20th century, The Food and Drug Administration has been no stranger to controversy. Born during a climate of public uproar over various food scares and scandals, the FDA attempted to reestablish consumer confidence after muckraking journalists such as Upton Sinclair exposed the nightmarish practices of the meat packing industry in his seminal book The Jungle. The turbulence surrounding food industry standards eventually led to President Theodore Roosevelt signing into law the Food and Drug Act in 1906. However, the controversy didn’t end