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Meat inspection is a crucial part of food safety measures and encompasses all measures directed towards the prevention of raw and processed meat spoilage. It was first recorded in the Mosaic law of the Hebrew Bible.[1]
In the United States, Federal enforcemnt of meat inspection began in 1891, and where subsecuently inproved by Federal Meat Inspection Act (1906) and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)—both partly a response to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle—then later Wholesome Meat Act (1967), and the Wholesome Poultry Products Act (1968).[1][2]
Scientific counsel is provided by institutions like the American Meat Science Association and similar.
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[edit]- 1 2 Shelke, K. (2013) [2012]. "Butchering". In Smith, Andrew F. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199734962. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ↑ Allen, G. (2016) [2015]. "Sinclair, Upton". In Smith, Andrew F. (ed.). In Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover’s Companion to New York City. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199397020. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
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