Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1907

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act_of_1907
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Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
gptkb:Food_Safety_and_Inspection_Service
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:livestock
horses
interstate and foreign commerce
goats
swine
gptkbp:citation gptkb:21_U.S.C._§_601_et_seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 30, 1906
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1907
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:The_Jungle_(novel)
gptkb:Upton_Sinclair
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:prohibits adulterated meat products
misbranded meat products
gptkbp:purpose to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food
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
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:updated gptkb:Wholesome_Meat_Act_of_1967
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Meat_Inspection_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5