Federal Meat Inspection Act

Federal Meat Inspection Act

Long title	An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FMIA
Nicknames	Agricultural Department Appropriations (1906)
Enacted by	the 59th United States Congress
Effective	June 30, 1906
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 59–382
Statutes at Large	34 Stat. 669
Codification
Titles amended	21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs
U.S.C. sections created	21 U.S.C. ch. 12 § 601 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 18537 Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906
Major amendments
Wholesome Meat Act of 1967

The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is an American law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions.^[1] These requirements also apply to imported meat products, which must be inspected under equivalent foreign standards. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection of poultry was added by the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957 (PPIA). The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide inspection services for all livestock and poultry species not listed in the FMIA or PPIA, including venison and buffalo. The Agricultural Marketing Act authorizes the USDA to offer voluntary, fee-for-service inspection services for these same species.