The Kitchen Cartel: Pure Food & Drug Act 1906
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Jar of Pickles
A young woman dies after eating a jar of pickles in london. She was poisoned with copper oxide, which gives vegetables what one chemist calledqot, a lively green color. British food producers and retailers start using chemistry to cut corners. They use chemical short cuts and tricks to deceive a gullable public. It is blatant criminal fraud.
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