Before the Industrialized Era, people commonly grew and processed food for a living.[1] However, with the introduction of machinery in …show more content…
As mentioned above, food was highly adulterated, and the disconnection from agriculture or a sense of where your food comes from was massive. Food was grown in agriculture, but they were sent immediately to factories. During this time, there were no food safety regulations in place. For the US, it wasn’t until the early 20th century when the Pure Food and Drug Act passed with the help of Upton Sinclair that any real change occurred. Other than himself, several progressive reformers and groups were active in the carelessness of food. In Sinclair’s The Jungle, he exposes the meatpacking industry in Chicago by detailing the unsanitary and grotesque handling of pork.[8] It appears he uses a worker named Jonas who