Wholesome Meat Act

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.
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
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 12144 by Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D–TX)
  • Committee consideration by House Agriculture, Senate Agriculture and Forestry
  • Passed the House on October 31, 1967 (402-1)
  • Passed the Senate on November 28, 1967 (89-2)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on November 29, 1967; agreed to by the House on December 6, 1967 (336-28) and by the Senate on December 6, 1967 (Agreed)
  • Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 15, 1967

The Wholesome Meat Act (also called "Equal To" law) is a United States federal law enacted in 1967 amending the Federal Meat Inspection Act which established a statute for federal meat inspection programs. 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).

The H.R. 12144 legislation was passed by the 90th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 36th President of the United States Lyndon Johnson on December 15, 1967.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Gerhard Peters; John T. Woolley. "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Remarks Upon Signing Bill Amending the Meat Inspection Act.," December 15, 1967". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
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