President Theodore Roosevelt
It took time, but England’s new food inspection system worked. Previously common food swindles became rare. Most food could be trusted most of the time.
North Americans weren’t so fortunate. Both Canada and the United States struggled with their own food fraud epidemics. Canada soon followed England’s example, passing food laws and enforcing the laws with food inspections. Tests in 1877 showed that there was a lot of work needed to clean up Canada’s food supply. For example, almost all samples of coffee, mustard, ginger, and pepper were heavily adulterated with cheaper substances.