The Food Industry In Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is a novel that greatly affected the food industry in America. In addition, The Jungle helped pass the Pure Food Act of 1906 and created better working condition. However in Food Ink, the feeding lots have played a role in the spreading of E-Coli.
Thesis: Although E-Coli is more prevalent due to corn filled cattle, the working conditions are cleaner and the food is safer due to government regulations
The working conditions in The Jungle, compared to the working condition shown in Food Ink, were horrific and inhumane. In The Jungle, diseases and pesticides were abundant throughout the factories. Healthy and strong workers would enter into the factories and come out crippled and mangled from the intense and infected surrounding of the factories. Thankfully, due to government regulations like The Pure Food Act of 1906, working conditions like The Jungle are in …show more content…
In addition, the meat was constantly packaged containing by products from other animals. However, due to the government policy of Truth in Labeling, meat packaging like in The Jungle are in the past. The Truth in Labeling policy requires that all products must provide information of contaminants in the food. This will help make the food safer and more guarded from contamination. Although the food has become safer, the presence of E-Coli has increased since the time period of The Jungle.
As stated in Food Ink, farmers have substituted corn instead of grass for the animal to eat. Corn is a food that contains E-Coli, which can cause severe abdominal complications. The processing of this corn by the animals appears on the other end, infecting the soil. In The Jungle, the animals were not feed amazingly healthy meals, however, they were not living long due to the constant slaughtering. Overall, the presence of E-Coli has increased since the time of The Jungle due to corn filled
Thesis: Although E-Coli is more prevalent due to corn filled cattle, the working conditions are cleaner and the food is safer due to government regulations
The working conditions in The Jungle, compared to the working condition shown in Food Ink, were horrific and inhumane. In The Jungle, diseases and pesticides were abundant throughout the factories. Healthy and strong workers would enter into the factories and come out crippled and mangled from the intense and infected surrounding of the factories. Thankfully, due to government regulations like The Pure Food Act of 1906, working conditions like The Jungle are in …show more content…
In addition, the meat was constantly packaged containing by products from other animals. However, due to the government policy of Truth in Labeling, meat packaging like in The Jungle are in the past. The Truth in Labeling policy requires that all products must provide information of contaminants in the food. This will help make the food safer and more guarded from contamination. Although the food has become safer, the presence of E-Coli has increased since the time period of The Jungle.
As stated in Food Ink, farmers have substituted corn instead of grass for the animal to eat. Corn is a food that contains E-Coli, which can cause severe abdominal complications. The processing of this corn by the animals appears on the other end, infecting the soil. In The Jungle, the animals were not feed amazingly healthy meals, however, they were not living long due to the constant slaughtering. Overall, the presence of E-Coli has increased since the time of The Jungle due to corn filled