The Meat Inspection Act: Chapter Analysis

The chapter on “USDA Government Inspected” showed the implementation and development of the Meat Inspection Act. There was a shock that shattered the calm with the publication of Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” (Davidson & Lytle, 2005, p. 235). The discontent of the time was the greed of big businesses. Concern centered on how the meat packing industry operated and distributed the meats for consumption. “Sinclair told of men in cooking rooms who fell into vats and, after being cooked for days, all but the bones had gone out into the world as Durham’s Pure Leaf Lard!” (Davidson & Lytle, 2005, p. 237). These horrors provided President Theodore Roosevelt with the ammunition needed to regulate this industry.
During President Roosevelt’s time