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| signeddate = June 30, 1906 | | signeddate = June 30, 1906 | ||
| amendments = [[Wholesome Meat Act|Wholesome Meat Act of 1967]] | | amendments = [[Wholesome Meat Act|Wholesome Meat Act of 1967]] | ||
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[[File:The New England magazine (1907) (14776552555).jpg|thumb|James Bronson Reynolds, 1907]] | [[File:The New England magazine (1907) (14776552555).jpg|thumb|James Bronson Reynolds, 1907]] | ||
The book's assertions were confirmed in the Neill-Reynolds report, commissioned by [[President of the United States|President]] | The book's assertions were confirmed in the Neill-Reynolds report, commissioned by [[President of the United States|President]] Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=69670 |title = Theodore Roosevelt: "Special Message," June 4, 1906 |author1 = Gerhard Peters |author2 = John T. Woolley |publisher = University of California –Santa Barbara |work = The American Presidency Project |access-date = November 8, 2016 |archive-date = March 12, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170312155740/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=69670 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Roosevelt was suspicious of Sinclair's [[socialist]] attitude and conclusions in ''The Jungle'', so he sent labor commissioner [[Charles P. Neill]] and social worker James Bronson Reynolds, men whose honesty and reliability he trusted, to Chicago to make surprise visits to meat packing facilities. | ||
Despite betrayal of the secret to the meat packers, who worked three shifts a day for three weeks to thwart the inspection, Neill and Reynolds were still revolted by the conditions at the factories and at the lack of concern by plant managers (though neither had much experience in the field). Following their report, Roosevelt became a supporter of regulation of the meat packing industry, and, on June 30, signed the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.<ref>Powell, Jim. "Bully Boy" Crown Forum Publishing Group. 2006. p. 167</ref> | Despite betrayal of the secret to the meat packers, who worked three shifts a day for three weeks to thwart the inspection, Neill and Reynolds were still revolted by the conditions at the factories and at the lack of concern by plant managers (though neither had much experience in the field). Following their report, Roosevelt became a supporter of regulation of the meat packing industry, and, on June 30, signed the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.<ref>Powell, Jim. "Bully Boy" Crown Forum Publishing Group. 2006. p. 167</ref> | ||
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