In today’s diet-obsessed world, food has become a focal point. By making careful nutrition choices, a person is able to nourish his/her body to the fullest potential. Thus, what a person knows about the food is critical to his/her health. However, this information that is taken for granted has long been withheld from consumers. Though food was not genetically modified in the 1900s, the time period of Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, the standards for food were much worse. The advantages of the modern labor and food production system, such as food labels and availability, greatly outweigh the misfortune of more genetically modified organisms.
The greatest improvement of the modern food market is food labels. Though many individuals ignore this valuable information, it can be a great tool in choosing what food is the most healthful. In the 1800-1900s, a label on a can of food could claim that the …show more content…
While this was not an issue in the time of Sinclair’s novel, it has become a very controversial topic in the modern world. Studies have found that these organisms in food may be an unnecessary risk to a person’s health. However, the tradeoff of this small risk in exchange for the many improvements of today’s food production is quite adequate. Not all food issues can be resolved at the same time and this is one that will continued to be attended to until a resolution is reached.
Even with the presence of genetically modified organisms in some foods, the labor and food production system today is far superior to that of old due to improvements such as food labels and availability. Not only do people have a better understanding of the composition of products, but they also have food continuously accessible, even in rough times. These advancements make the modern food industry better than the old food industry in the time of Upton Sinclair’s novel, The
The greatest improvement of the modern food market is food labels. Though many individuals ignore this valuable information, it can be a great tool in choosing what food is the most healthful. In the 1800-1900s, a label on a can of food could claim that the …show more content…
While this was not an issue in the time of Sinclair’s novel, it has become a very controversial topic in the modern world. Studies have found that these organisms in food may be an unnecessary risk to a person’s health. However, the tradeoff of this small risk in exchange for the many improvements of today’s food production is quite adequate. Not all food issues can be resolved at the same time and this is one that will continued to be attended to until a resolution is reached.
Even with the presence of genetically modified organisms in some foods, the labor and food production system today is far superior to that of old due to improvements such as food labels and availability. Not only do people have a better understanding of the composition of products, but they also have food continuously accessible, even in rough times. These advancements make the modern food industry better than the old food industry in the time of Upton Sinclair’s novel, The