Title: Harvey Washington Wiley - Wikipedia
Headings: Harvey Washington Wiley
Harvey Washington Wiley
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Early life and career
Government career
Work at Good Housekeeping
Death
Legacy
Depictions of Harvey W. Wiley and advocation for the U.S. Pure Food and Drug Laws
Publications
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General sources
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Content: The volunteers became known as The Poison Squad. Wiley was originally aiming just to get foods labelled to correctly show their additives. However, he concluded that certain chemicals should be banned. The food industry rose in protest. The proposed Food Bill of 1902 failed to even register a vote, being defeated by lobbyists. He sought the support of female groups, not due to their direct political influence (as they still had none) but due to the domestic pressure which they could exert. The campaign spilled into wider community health and welfare, calling for public (municipal) control of all water supplies and sewer systems. His campaign gained weight when Fanny Farmer joined and paralleled the call for "pure food". Heinz were one of the first companies to join the push for pure food and changed their recipe for tomato ketchup in 1902 to replace chemical preservatives with vinegar and introducing very hygienic practices into their factories. In 1905 the Poison Squad was set to work on salicylic acid which was used in multiple products.