Meatpacking

By RChetata

  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act
    Lets the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect, and condemn, any meat product that is not safe. After President read Jungle, he sended investigators who confirmed Sinclair's’ book.

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act
    Regulate foods and drugs so, they are not unsafe for consumation or marketed misleadingly.
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    Meatpacking

  • Adamson Act

    The Adamson Act allowed an eight hour work day and time and a half pay for overtime.

  • Typhoid fever goes down

    Typhoid fever goes down
    “In 1900, the incidence of typhoid fever was approximately 100 per 100,000 population; by 1920, it had decreased to 33.8, and by 1950, to 1.7" Typhoid fever that is caused by contaminated food and water like the meat now, the meats' condition is improve.

  • Poultry Products Inspection

    This act protects the health and welfare of consumers by assuring that poultry products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged.

  • Wholesome Meat Act

    Control the conditions of places that slaughter, handle, or process meat and meat products.