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Summary Of The Jungle By Upton Sinclair

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1. In 1906, a book by Upton Sinclair called “The Jungle” pictured the filthy conditions in the Chicago meat industry, that caused a furor, whereby the Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed in response to the outrage of public. However, there are no clear penalties and courts are not doing a good job. Therefore, FDA was created to enforce laws. 2. FDA’s responsibilities accumulated over time in a way that it firstly extended control to cosmetics and therapeutics devices under The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FDC) Act of 1938. Also it has several amendments in the following decades covering additives, pesticides, animal drugs and so on. Later on, it has responsibilities in nutrition, drugs export, medical devices, supplements, health and education
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