Let’s call this post the latest in my “actually, some things are very definitely better, thankfully!” series.
What was food like before the FDA? | Popular Science
Short answer? Not good!
Read the article for more on formaldehyde, brick dust, lead and other things you never thought would be mentioned in a story about food. (There’s also a shout-out to Upton Sinclair’s classic novel The Jungle, which, among other things, helped publicize the unsavory conditions inside Chicago’s meatpacking plants.)
Now I’m off to have a Plaster of Paris-free sandwich, yum!
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J.R. Johnson 
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