Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt supported the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.
Upton Sinclair's novel, "The Jungle" exposed unsanitary conditions in meat processing. At first, his novel was condemned as "lies". The President ordered investigations, which proved Sinclair was right. So, his novel led to the passage of The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. These were signed into law on June 30th, 1906.
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and Meat Inspection Act of 1906.
He signed it to make the law and us safer 1906 HALLER
He hoped to protect the trust from public attack.
I think it is the same as the Pure Food and Drug Act June 30, 1906.
Meat Inspection Act of 1906
The book contributed to the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" prompted the creation of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
Meat-Inspection Act It made it legal for the Government to inspect the meat packing industries and make sure the meat was sanitary.
The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) was a United States Congress Act that worked 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 Progressive Era Muckraker book that led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act in 1906 was The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair.
There were multiple factors that fed into the FMIA (Federal Meat Inspection Act). One was the publication of Upton Sinclair's modern classic "The Jungle", which described horrific conditions in slaughter plants and inflamed the public into demanding that slaughter plants be regulated. Another was the experience of President Teddy Roosevelt - when he was a soldier in the Spanish-American War, he remembered be served some pretty foul meat products. Refrigeration hadn't been invented yet, so other methods of preserving meat were used to send supplies to the troops; one of these methods was to soak the meat in formaldehye (embalming fluid). President Roosevelt remembered this and advocated for inspection for slaughter plants to ensure only the best products were used to support military operations.