There would be meat that had tumbled out on the
floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers
had tramped and spit uncounted billions of
consumptive germs. the meat would be
shoveled into carts, and the man who did the
shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even
when he saw one-there were things that went
into the sausage in comparison with which a
poisoned rat was a tidbit.
- upton sinclair,
the jungle
read the quote. based on sinclair's description,
was meat handled and prepared in a safe and
sanitary way for american consumers?
yes
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In 911, a group of vikings lead by rollo besieged paris and chartres. after a victory near chartres on 26 august, charles decided to negotiate with rollo. the talks were led by hervé, the archbishop of reims. this resulted in the treaty of saint-clair-sur-epte, which granted rollo and his soldiers all the land between the river epte and the sea. it also granted him brittany, "for his livelihood". at the time, brittany was an independent land which france had not been able to conquer. in exchange, rollo promised the king his loyalty and military assistance when needed. also rollo also agreed to be baptised and to marry gisela, the king's daughter. the territory given rollo is about the same as upper normandy.