Fill in the blank The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food

Last updated: 10/27/2023

Fill in the blank The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act which gave the federal government regulatory power over food and drugs were enacted largely as a result of sustained lobbying from Progressive women s groups organized by influential female leaders such as Jane Addams and Ida B Well Opublic outcry following Upton Sinclair s expos novel The Jungle highlighted food contamination issues requests from large meatpacking and canning businesses who hoped to drive smaller competitors out of business O fifty people got deathly ill from eating meat from a Chicago meatpacking plant