The Jungle was first published in 1905 as a series of magazine articles and later as a book. It stirred great public outcry as readers were horrified by the issues around food safety that The Jungle exposed. Upton Sinclair sent a copy of his book to Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, ultimately leading to the passage of the U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906.
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