The Poison Squad, (Paperback)

from Pferdina

History of the Pure Food and Drug Act, based on the life and work of Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, chief chemist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

from Moshepit20

Man, while there are still many issues with the modern US food industry, I am SO beyond grateful that I wasn't born anywhere prior to the FDA becoming a thing because the descriptions of things from in "food" was horrifying

from nicolewbrown

Starting in the middle of the nineteenth-century companies started using preservatives and additives to the food and drinks in America. For example, milk which was still not being pasteurized even though Louis Pasteur had invented the method in the 1860s, leaving bacteria in the milk, but that wa...

from muddyboy

This well researched non fiction book focuses on the work of chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley to bring purity to American food products. The time period here is the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. You will not believe the terrible stuff they used as dyes, preservatives and fillers many of ...

from LisCarey

This is the fascinating, alarming, and encouraging story of the first great round in the fight for food safety in the USA. In the second half of the 19th century, the food industry embraced the chemical industry, and preservatives, colorants, and substitutions became common. This might not sound ...