Question

What effect did Theodore Roosevelt have on the government's role in the food industry?

Answer 1

He reformed it thanks to the Pure Food and Drug Act .

Explanation:

In 1905, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle shocked public opinion by revealing the appalling hygienic conditions in the meat packing industry in Chicago.

Theodore Roosevelt was the president during the Progressive Era and was endowed a determine will to reform. This is why he had this act passed which led to the creation of the Food and Drug Aministration .