Meat Inspection Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act_of_1907
gptkbp:appliesTo interstate commerce of meat and meat products
gptkbp:category Food safety law
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1906-06-30
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Agriculture
gptkbp:historicalName Progressive Era reforms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Meat Inspection Act
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:The_Jungle_(novel)
gptkbp:prohibits sale of adulterated meat
sale of misbranded meat
gptkbp:purpose prevent adulterated or misbranded meat
regulate the sanitary conditions of meatpacking plants
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act
gptkbp:requires USDA inspection stamps on meat products
ante-mortem inspection of livestock
post-mortem inspection of meat
sanitary standards for slaughterhouses
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Square_Deal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4