Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”

Re:Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” by jellicle on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @09:32AM (#22812775)

Odd that The Jungle is mentioned here. Does everyone realize that the US isn't doing any inspections of any food facilities any more?

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Re:Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” by jbn on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @04:03PM (#22816483)

That is one of the premises of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1097.Fast_Food_Nation , you won't want to eat US processed meat after reading this. (Good book, BTW)

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Re:Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” by Loughla on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @10:33AM (#22813271)

We're 'leaving it to the experts' and letting industry inspect itself.

These are not good ideas.

Example: How's that 737 Max fleet?

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Re:Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” by dayofthedaleks on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @10:19AM (#22813154)

Well, we already turned the clock back past the New Deal let's just go ahead and strip away the Progressive Era as well.

I knew the FDA had drastically reduced the number of slaughterhouse inspectors but regulatory capture is the order of the day after all.

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Re:Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” by tyleo on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @09:38AM (#22812822)

Where are you getting this information? Can you provide a source?

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Re:Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” by tyleo on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @09:41AM (#22812842)

I personally found this on google: https://www.eater.com/2020/3/23/21191632/fda-routine-food-su...

I’m not sure it’s what you’re referring to. This seems coronavirus specific. From the original comment I thought that inspections were suspended indefinitely.

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