Meat Inspection Act Passed
- Date Range
- June 30, 1906 – June 30, 1906
- Title
- Meat Inspection Act Passed
- What occurred
- President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Meat Inspection Act into U.S. legislation after the U.S. meat packing industry received lots of criticism from Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." This bill prohibits the sale of misbranded livestock and ensures that all food is slaughtered and processed through sanitary conditions .
- Location
- Washington D.C.
- Image Citation
- Union Stock Yards. “FDA Inspecting Meat at Packing Plant.” Gettyimages, Chicago, 1865.
- Student name(s)
- Jack Donahue