The Kitchen Cartel: Pure Food & Drug Act 1906
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The Life of Harvey Wiley
Harvey wiley was raised by staunch abolitionists on a farm in rural indiana, not a popular political position at the time. As a young man, fought for the union in the civil war and developed an interest in medicine and science. In 18 81, the indiana state board of health tasked wiley with researching the purity, or lack thereof, of commercially available honeys and syrups. What he found under the lens of his microscope was shocking. 90 % of samples that he had been asked to examine were fake. The vast majority of american honey sellers were not selling honey at all. They were selling cheap, artificially made corn syrup and advertising it as honey. And
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