Who invented food safety?

Food safety regulations can be traced all the way back to Ancient Rome with the Codex Alimentarius. In the 1800s, industrialization transformed food production and the way food was processed, increasing the risk of contamination. This eventually led to the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 in the United States and was replaced in 1938 with the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a direct response to Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" from 1906, which exposed unsafe conditions in the food industry, especially in meatpacking facilities. These Acts were significant turning points in the creation of food safety regulations.