History, 15.06.2020 04:57 tkdurocher

Read the excerpt from a letter from Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt. There are a hundred streets and avenues by which diseased meat can enter the city and be put on sale in the markets. The public has made no effort to find out and it is left to the men who deal in this merchandise to dump what they please into the stomachs of the blissfully ignorant public. Neither do any of us know how much disease and suffering this food causes.

What was a benefit of the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906?

The law provided improved medical care for people sickened by unsafe food.
The law required that food be inspected by the government to ensure its safety.
The law prohibited the sale of all unpreserved meats due to safety concerns.
The law increased funding to local police to monitor trade of unsafe products.

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