Encyclopedia > Meat Inspection Act

Article Content

Meat Inspection Act

The United States Meat Inspection Act of 1906 authorized the Secretary of Agriculture[?] to order meat inspections and condemn any found unfit for human consumption. This law resulted from publication of and outcry from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

Featured Article

Quioque, New York

... American, 1.00% Native American, 1.88% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 7.00% from other races, and 4.62% from two or more races. 14.38% of the population are Hispanic or ...