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The Federal Meat Inspection Act was the beginning of regulation on the countries meat and poultry products. The Act was brought into play for the safety of families and the common men all over America. Initially, it was meant for inspections to take place in every food production factory to make sure all food was processed and slaughtered properly and safely. In 1905, Upton Sinclair wrote a book exposing the Chicago meat packing industry called "The Jungle". He changed the way many people see produced meat, making housewives more cautious about what they fed to their families. This motivated President Theodore Roosevelt to check things out. In 1906, President Roosevelt confirmed the problems with meat packing industries in the Neill-Reynolds report. A similar act that was passed was the Pure Food and Drug Act passed in 1906. This act was passed to make sure all drugs that were prescribed and given to children works correctly and had good long term effects. Some drugs in the early 1900s contained harmful ingredients such as opium, cocaine, or alcohol. The Pure Food and Drug Act called for a halt on the sale of these drugs and truth in labeling.

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