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The Meat Inspection Of The Meat Industry In Theodore Roosevelt's After The Facts

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When I first read Chapter Ten of “After the Fact”, by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle, I was shocked at the methods meat factories use in preparing their products. I was especially shocked seeing as now; we have so many food regulations that most people don’t think twice about the food that is going in their bodies. I am now thinking, do these things still appear in our lives today? It was nice to know that Theodore Roosevelt took action in an attempt to fix these major problems. He became aware of the poor conditions of the meat industry through the book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. Even though Roosevelt made changes, there is still a possibility that there are some of these problems in our food production today. In this chapter of “After the Fact”, the author uses the Meat Inspection Act, created by Theodore Roosevelt, to illustrate how all the different elements and issues form the important decisions made in our country. …show more content…

I found it disgusting that the food packers were allowed to work in such unsanitary conditions. Also, I was appalled that they gave rotten meat for the troops to eat. Soldiers not only had to worry about fighting, but they had to worry about eating poisonous foods as well. Teddy Roosevelt pushed hard for the Meat Inspection Act to repair the reputation of packaged food that Sinclair had left him with. In 1906, Roosevelt passed this act in an attempt to clean up the meat factories. In my opinion, I am relieved that this act was passed. Without it, our diets would be very unhealthy and there would be more medical and health risks in everyday life. The act did help clean up the industry, but today there are still questions about what goes on behind closed factory

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