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  2. Federal Meat Inspection Act - Wikipedia

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    The original 1906 Act authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and condemn any meat product found unfit for human consumption. [1] Unlike previous laws ordering meat inspections, which were enforced to assure European nations from banning pork trade, this law was strongly motivated to protect the American diet.

  3. Labor rights in American meatpacking industry - Wikipedia

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    Within the meat production industry, "meatpacking" is defined as "all manufacturing of meat products including the processing of animals." [1] This includes production of beef, pork, poultry, and fish. [1] The scope of the American meat production industry is large; it slaughters and processes over 10 billion animals per year. [4]

  4. Meat-packing industry - Wikipedia

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    Meat-packing workers were exposed to dangerous chemicals and sharp machinery, and routinely suffered horrible injuries. Public pressure of the U.S. Congress led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (both passed in 1906 on the same day) to ensure better regulations of the meat-packing industry.

  5. Food safety in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Laws prior tends to focus strictly on the prohibition of selling food from compromised sources, like the selling of meat from diseased or rotting animal corpse. [5] The Jungle, a novel published by Upton Sinclair in 1905, described the horrible working conditions in the meat-packing industry.

  6. Armour and Company - Wikipedia

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    Hanging room, Armour's packing house, Chicago, 1896 Postcard of the Armour Packing Plant in Fort Worth, undated. Armour and Company had its roots in Milwaukee, where in 1863 Philip D. Armour joined with John Plankinton (the founder of the Layton and Plankinton Packing Company in 1852) to establish Plankinton, Armour and Company.

  7. Bureau of Animal Industry - Wikipedia

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    In response to both The Jungle and the Neill-Reynolds report, Congress passed the Federal Meat Inspection Act,(21 USC 601 et seq.) in June 1906. The BAI was assigned the task of enforcing the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA). [1] The FMIA established four major sanitary requirements for the meat packing industry.

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    Understanding California’s road laws regarding driving with expired tags, making U-turns without signage, and wearing headphones while operating a vehicle is crucial for adhering to state ...

  9. Packers and Stockyards Act - Wikipedia

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    Signed into law by President Warren G. Harding on August 15, 1921 The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 ( 7 U.S.C. §§ 181-229b; P&S Act ) regulates meatpacking , livestock dealers, market agencies, live poultry dealers, and swine contractors to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices, giving undue preferences, apportioning supply ...