Federal Meat Inspection Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
gptkb:Food_Safety_and_Inspection_Service
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Wholesome_Meat_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo interstate commerce
foreign commerce
gptkbp:citation gptkb:21_U.S.C._§_601_et_seq.
gptkbp:covers gptkb:livestock
horses
goats
swine
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1906
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalName Progressive Era reforms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Meat Inspection Act
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:The_Jungle_(novel)
public outcry over meatpacking industry conditions
gptkbp:locationEnforced gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:prohibits sale of adulterated meat
sale of misbranded meat
gptkbp:purpose prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food
ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act
gptkbp:requires ante-mortem inspection of livestock
sanitary standards for slaughterhouses
post-mortem inspection of every carcass
ongoing USDA monitoring and inspection
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USDA_Food_Safety_and_Inspection_Service
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6