By some estimates, in New York City alone, thousands of children were killed by "embalmed milk" every year. Unchecked by government regulation, basic safety, or even labelling requirements, they put profit before the health of their customers. This was not by accident food manufacturers had rushed to embrace the rise of industrial chemistry, and were knowingly selling harmful products.
Decaying meat was preserved with both salicylic acid, a pharmaceutical chemical, and borax, a compound first identified as a cleaning product. "Milk" might contain formaldehyde, most often used to embalm corpses. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for change.īy the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr.
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