The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 requires USDA to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered and processed into products. The law was to prevent adulterated livestock and products from being sold as food. To ensure that meat products are slaughtered and processed in sanitary conditions. The Federal Meat Inspection Act, passed in June 1906, mandated the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection of meat processing plants that conducted business across state lines.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for all meats not listed. Including venison and buffalo. The original 1906 Act stated that the Secretary of Agriculture could inspect any meat product found unfit for humans. Unlike previous laws this meat inspection was enforced to protect the American diet. All labels on any type of food had to be accurate. Even though all harmful food was disposed of, there were still warnings on the container.The Jungle was an exposé of the Chicago meat packing industry. The book was confirmed in the Neill-Reynolds report. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 was the one to approve the report. The President was suspicious of Sinclair's report and conclusions to The Jungle. So he sent labor commissioner Charles P. Neill, and social worker James Bronson Reynolds to Chicago to make surprise visits to meat packing plants. Following their report, President Roosevelt became a supporter of regulation of the meat packing industry.I think that this act was good because if we didn’t have it things would be really bad!! If they would remain to be unclean people would get really sick. Then the meat would end up getting spoiled!
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