Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), novelist and political activist
In 1906, he published The Jungle, a portrayal of victimized immigrants enduring barbarous conditions in Chicago meatpacking plants. The aspect of the novel that seized the popular imagination was the sickening filth from which meat reached American tables. Public outrage resulted in funding for a federal meat-inspection program and helped secure passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, which established the Food and Drug Administration.
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