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mistrial9last Wednesday at 9:10 PM1 replyview on HN

> not try to tell people what to eat

food industry has to be policed -- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a high school level story featuring the meat packing industry. All around, additives and substitutes are more profitable than raw ingredients.


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ch4s3last Wednesday at 10:09 PM

I'm clearly not advocating against basic safety oversight. It's worth noting that The Jungle was a work of fiction and Sinclair famously fabricated a lot of details wholesale.