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The Food Programme

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The second of two programmes focusing on meat production in the USA. A hundred years ago, Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle rocked America with its expose of the meat-packing plants of Chicago. As a result, legislation was brought in to improve meat quality and working conditions. However, a century on, Sheila Dillon discovers that The Jungle has disturbing echoes for the USA today.
(Repeated tomorrow at 4.04pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Margaret Collins
Source: Radio Times

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