Meat Inspection Act

The Federal Meat Inspection Act allowed the Secretary of Agriculture to examine, and censure, any meat product that could have been inadequate for human consumption. This program was created to work with other programs like Pure Food and Drug Act. The Secretary of Agriculture examined all animals before being slaughtered for consumption. The shipment of meat was also a subject of federal inspections during the whole process of meat making. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States passed the Meat Inspection policy in June 30, 1906. A couple of months before the Federal Meat Inspection Act became a law, in April 18, 1906 there was a major earthquake in the city of San Francisco. It wasn’t just a simple earthquake. It was a massive earthquake…

The chapter on “USDA Government Inspected” showed the implementation and development of the Meat Inspection Act. There was a shock that shattered the calm with the publication of Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” (Davidson & Lytle, 2005, p. 235). The discontent of the time was the greed of big businesses. Concern centered on how the meat packing industry operated and distributed the meats for consumption. “Sinclair told of men in cooking rooms who fell into vats and, after being cooked for days,…

Pure Food and Drug Act in June 30, 1906, and the Meat Inspection Act in the same day. Therefore, the government did respond to the public concern in regarded to food safety. Although the primary goal of the Pure Food and Drug Act was to protect consumers, this law had made a huge impact on many large food companies. With the existing of the low price of adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products, it increased the competition among the food and drug industries. This resulted in the…

In the early nineteen hundred, progressivism was on sway, as the public responded to several societal and economical problems that arose in America. There were many advances that were made to help improve the human lifestyle. During Roosevelt’s presidency, he passed several acts that helped the society emotionally and physically, but in 1906 he passed a measure that aided both corporations and consumers. One such act was called the Pure Food and Drug act of 1906. This act was “designed to…

living conditions. Let’s delve deeper and analyze these reforms under the scope of the presidencies of Roosevelt, Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.) Theodore Roosevelt(All of these reforms are a part of his Square Deal.) Tenement Act of 1901 Silent recording: Poor living conditions, sleeping weird af, poor sanitation, Ahmed and I sleeping in awkward condition. (Tenement halls were poorly built housings that were cramped windowless…

During the IR, the way food is preserved changed a lot. Beforehand, food preservation was hardly even a thing. Food was sometimes preserved in glass jars. Animals were brought into cities alive and slaughtered there, so the meat was eaten fresh. It could be stored during the winter but would go bad quickly in the summer. Ice was sometimes harvested and used to preserve stuff, but it was very expensive and the ice was often impure. Later, people got better at making metal cans so they got…

Upton Sinclair published his book, “The Jungle”. This story was about Jurgis Rudkus and his family. Immigrants came to America in search of a job and many of these immigrants worked in the meat-packing plants of Chicago. The people working in these industries had to go through difficult working conditions, poverty and hunger, people were taking advantage of them, as well as politicians who passed laws that supported this. This story reflected the reality that some people were facing. After the…

Over the past decade the United States has made efforts in keeping food safe for the consumer. Specifically by enacting the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic act.1 Since nearly 80% of food supply in the U.S is controlled by the FDA,1 preventable problems arise daily including food-borne illnesses and contaminated food. Shortly after these reoccurring events, consumers convinced congress to put into…

and careless way the meat was handled in meat companies around the United States. This book led to the result of two major legislations being passed. The Jungle not only affected the United States domestically but also internationally. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair wrote from the viewpoint of a teenage immigrant from Lithuania. Sinclair showed the extreme measures of how meat would be supplied to consumers no matter how old it was due to the fear of losing any amount of profit. Many times, the…

solved many problems within the United States. He exposed the problems within the meat packaging industry, which led to the creation of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. These things would not have been possible without his motivation, preparation, and accomplishments. With this being said, Upton Sinclair well deserves a place in history. Motivation Upton Sinclair was motivated by many things throughout his life and it influenced his life greatly. For example, he worked…