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Today the FDA must approve every new food product to make sure that it is safe or consumption. People can still get a foodborne illness. They might get it from under cooked or uncooked eggs, fish, or meat.

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Today the food is much better and cleaner, thanks to the FDA. Today people can still get foodborne illness but it is less often and less concerning as it was during the progressive era.

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During the progressive era the meat was contaminated. They would use sick Animals and rotten meat. Rats would fall into the meat and get grinded in with it. To make the meat look healthy the workers would dye it.

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Upton Sinclair was one reformer for the contaminated meat. He wrote a book in 1906 titled The jungle. The book exposed the meat industry by showing the working conditions and the unclean conditions.

Another reformer was Alice Hamilton. She helped treat many patients including immigrants. She learned about the diseases and the horrible working conditions and saved many lives.

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The public was discussed by the contaminated meat. It made the Government pass the Meat Inspection Act in 1906. This act allowed the Government to expect and stop shipments of contaminated meat. Not only that but the FDA was created.

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Today the FDA must approve working conditions and products. This results in much healthier food, and healthier people. Before the FDA working conditions were unsanitary, and now they are much cleaner.

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During the progressive era the contaminated food caused many food born illnesses. Luckley today food is much cleaner. Very few people die from food borne illnesses now.

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Reformers - FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Reformers - FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture

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The FDA makes sure that every food sold was approved by them. They also approve medicine and vaccines and make sure they work and are safe. They also make sure cosmetics are safe. The FDA works for all US states and territories.

U.S Department of Agriculture helps fight E. Coli. They have stopped over 25,000 foodborne illnesses a year. They make sure products are safe to sell by sending them to labs. They test ground meats and more.

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The goal of these organizations is to protect the public health. They do this by assuring the efficiency, safety and security of human and veterinary medicine, biological products, medical equipment, food supplies and cosmetics.