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  2. Federal Meat Inspection Act - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is an American law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions. [1]

  3. Pure Food and Drug Act - Wikipedia

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    The Meat Inspection Act was assigned to what is now known as the Food Safety and Inspection Service, which remains in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The first federal law regulating foods and drugs, the 1906 Act's reach was limited to foods and drugs moving in interstate commerce. Although the law drew upon many precedents, provisions, and ...

  4. Early history of food regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It indicated a need for "'a drastic and thorogooing [sic]' federal inspection of all stockyards, packinghouses and their products". [12] The Jungle, combined with the shocking reports of the Neill-Reynolds Report (published June 1906) proved to be the final push to help the Pure Food and Drug Act move quickly through congress.

  5. Should You Rinse Steak Before Cooking? An Expert Explains - AOL

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    Tiess agrees, adding that before the 1906 Meat Inspection Act—a U.S. law that ensures meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under regulated and sanitary conditions—rinsing meat ...

  6. Food safety in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1906, two acts were signed into law following the aftermath of the accounts of lack of food quality: the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act. [6] The Pure Food and Drug Act forced food manufacturers to only sell unadulterated foods and to correctly label foods.

  7. USDA to Cut Back on Meat Inspections: Here's How to ... - AOL

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    To understand why meat safety is a problem, it helps to look at how meat is grown and processed. Factory farms, where most meat come from, force animals into very close quarters, where they can ...

  8. Lawsuit Challenges Florida Lab-Grown Meat Ban - AOL

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    According to the lawsuit, which was brought forth by the public-interest law firm Institute for Justice (I.J.), the ban violates two federal laws, the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and the ...

  9. Food Safety and Inspection Service - Wikipedia

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    The FSIS draws its authority from the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906, the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957 and the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970. Food products under the jurisdiction of the FSIS, and thus subject to inspection, are those that contain more than 3% meat or 2% poultry products, with several exceptions, [ 1 ] and ...