Federal Meat Inspection Act

Our modern era of food and drug regulatory law began with enactment of the Biologies Act of 1902 (12), the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 (13), and the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906.(14-15) These laws were intended to insure that biologies would "yield their intended results" and that food would contain no "added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient which may render such article injurious to health."... 

The term food as used in clause (vi) of this subparagraph includes poultry and poultry products (as defined in sections 4(e) and 4(f) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act), meat and meat food products (as defined in section l(j) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act), and eggs and egg products (as defined in section 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act). 

Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act), but USDA inspects and tests meat- and poultry-processing facilities as well as those for egg products [via the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act]. These Federal divisions of labor are supplemented across the coimtry by various agencies within the various states. 

In the United States antioxidant use is subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.8 Antioxidants for food products are also regulated under the Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Inspection Act, and various state laws. Antioxidants permitted for use in foods are divided into two groups ... 

FEDERAL INSPECTION. The Poultry Products Inspection Act was enacted on August 28, 1957, and became fully effective January 1, 1959. It requires inspection of poultry and poultry products by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Birds are inspected twice (1) live (antemortem) and (2) after slaughter (postmortem), when the carcasses and entrails are examined. Inspection assures U.S. consumers that the retail meat supply has been inspected to assure wholesomeness sanitary preparation and handling and freedom from disease, adulteration, and misbranding. 

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