ABSTRACT
In 1906, Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, prompted discussions on the safety of the food supply and the nature of working conditions in the United States. The documentary novel prompted President Theodore Roosevelt to spit out his breakfast sausage in January 1906 and invite Sinclair to the White House. The ire of the whole nation contributed enormously to the landmark passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. Sixty-one years later, Sinclair watched President Lyndon Johnson sign the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967.
