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Pure Food and Drug Act
"AN ACT"
This was an Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. All in all it was meant to protect Americans from potential being sold harmful foods. -
White Castle
"In the beginning, there was a craving. And it was good."
Billy Ingram had used a total of $700 to buy the first White Castle that opened in Wichita, Kansas. -
Food and Drug Administration
"History"
The administration, that had been formed in 1906 after the Pure Food and Drug Act was implemented, finally gained its true name and continues to regulate food and drug products in America today. -
BurgerKing
BurgerKing's History
The first BurgerKing opened in Maimi, Florida after the James McLamore and David Edgerton bought out Insta-Burger. -
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Subway
"The History Of Subway"
The day the first ever Subway opened its doors to the public in Bridgeport, Connecticut. -
Wendy's
“Only in America”
Dave Thomas always dreamed of opening a hamburger restaurant and on this day he made his dream come true when he opened the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. -
The Top 10
"Dirty Dining?"
This was not the kind of top 10 that a fast food restaurante would want to place first in. Dateline used hidden cameras to spy on restaurantes and also ranked the fast food chains on the number of violations, with number 1 being the most. -
E Coli Scare
"E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Taco Bell"
At this point in the major scare of E Coli that was contaminating Taco Bell, 22 people in New Jersey fell ill and Investigators began looking in Long Island to see if the disease was lingering there as well. -
Fast Food Today
"Restaurant Inspections Find Violations Ranging From Mice & Rats To No Hot Water At Dunkin Donuts, McDonald's, and Popular Bethesda Thai Cafe"
This article shows that there are still many fast food locations that do not abide by the health code, but thankfully they are inspected and shut down for their failure to keep a clean kitchen.
