Answer:
The Federal Meat Inspection Act was a the federal goverment's response.
Explanation:
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle had an unexpected side effect. He aimed to uncover the harsh working conditions inmigrants were undergoing and supported his intention by posting about the abuses at the meat packing industry, especially in Chicago, however, readers did not focus on the inmigrants, rather they got worried about the unsanitary practices and health violations done by the meat industry also revealed on Sinclair's novel. Such concern was big enough to catch the attention of the federal goverment which responded passing the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the legal document which increased the amount of rules for meat handling and reinforced the sentences for those who break them.
