Meat Inspection Act

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Meat Inspection Act
Meat Inspection Act
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781968349172.book-part-35

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Abstract

Passed and signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, the Meat Inspection Act was a sweeping piece of legislation designed to serve three principal purposes: ensure improvements in the quality of health standards for the slaughter and processing of a variety of meat products, prevent the distribution of finished products unsafe for consumption by American consumers, and regulate and rein in the power of the small cluster of companies responsible for the distribution of such foodstuffs across the United States.

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