Which act required government inspection of meat and set sanitation standards for meat producers?

• A. Federal Meat Inspection Act
• B. Meat Inspection Act of 1906
• C. Meat Packing Regulation Act
• D. Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Answer: (D)

The main idea is the emergence of federal regulation to protect consumers by overseeing meat safety. The act in question established that meat processing facilities would be inspected by government officials and that producers had to meet sanitary standards. It created federal oversight of the meat industry, empowered inspectors, and made it illegal to sell adulterated or misbranded meat in interstate commerce. This response to public concern over meatpacking conditions—spurred by works like The Jungle—took concrete shape in the Meat Inspection Act of 1906. Some sources refer to it as the Federal Meat Inspection Act, but the statute enacted in 1906 that set up nationwide inspection and sanitation requirements is the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.