Wholesome Meat Act
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Long title | An Act to clarify and otherwise amend the Meat Inspection Act, to provide for cooperation with appropriate State agencies with respect to State meat inspection programs, and for other purposes. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | WMA |
Nicknames | Wholesome Meat Act of 1967 |
Enacted by | the 90th United States Congress |
Effective | December 15, 1967 |
Citations | |
Public law | 90-201 |
Statutes at Large | 81 Stat. 584 |
Codification | |
Acts amended | Federal Meat Inspection Act |
Titles amended | 21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs |
U.S.C. sections amended | 21 U.S.C. ch. 12 § 601 et seq. |
Legislative history | |
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The Wholesome Meat Act (also called "Equal To" law) is a United States federal law passed by the 90th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 15, 1967,[1] amending the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 which established a statute for federal meat inspection programs.[2] It requires that states have inspection programs "equal to" that of the federal government which are administered by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Gerhard Peters; John T. Woolley. "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Remarks Upon Signing Bill Amending the Meat Inspection Act.," December 15, 1967". The American. University of California - Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ Board, Institute of Medicine (US) Food and Nutrition (1990). INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW OF MEAT INSPECTION. National Academies Press (US).
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