Right before the Revolutionary War
A law passed by Congress to subject meat shipped over state lines to federal inspection.
Meat-Inspection Act It made it legal for the Government to inspect the meat packing industries and make sure the meat was sanitary.
The horrifying conditions of Chicago meatpacking industry. It caused the congress to pass the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act. "The Jungle" exposed unsanitary conditions in the meat
In 1906, the publication of the jungle by Upton Sinclair led Congress to put in place stronger prohibition laws.
He established the food and drug administration and urged congress to pass te meat inspection act
Not exclusively. However, in the USA the USDA and meat packers have continually pressed Congress for laxer laws governing their industries (as has been the case with other organisations in other nations too), and a certain percentage of meat approved for human consumption is contaminated with faeces.
Meat Inspection Act
Meat Inspection Act
to prevent Americans from eating dirty foods and to prevent from getting them sick :)
The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is a United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. These requirements also apply to imported meat products, which must be inspected under equivalent foreign standards. USDA inspection of poultry was added by the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957. The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide inspection services for all livestock and poultry species not listed in the FMIA or PPIA, including venison and buffalo. The Agricultural Marketing Act authorizes the USDA to offer voluntary, fee-for-service inspection services for these same species.
The horrifying conditions of Chicago meatpacking industry. It caused the congress to pass the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act.