One line states “...The meat will be shoveled into carts and the man who did the shoveling will not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one (Sinclair).” The moment society realized that the wealthy lacked concern for the general well-being, they demanded a reformation of the meat industry. Anger and fear filled the minds of many, which lead to boycotts of the meat industry. Shortly after, news traveled to the national government with requests to commissioners to investigate Chicago's meat-packing plants, to verify the horrors. The commissioner’s results verified the truths, and soon, President Roosevelt started the pathway of a stronger agricultural department. Roosevelt signed the Meat Inspection Act of 1906, which allowed health inspectors to stop any unacceptable meat to pass by. On the same day, he signed The Pure Foods and Drug Act, which regulated food additives and prohibited misleading labelings of food and drugs (Muckraking). After the signing of the two laws, consumers slowly started to trust corporations