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The meat caused an unrecorded number of illnesses and death from dysentery and food poisoning, having an especially deadly effect on the thousands already weakened by the epidemics of malaria and yellow fever which were ravaging the unprotected American troops and would eventually kill twice as many men as combat with the Spanish.
Adulteration is a legal offense and when the food fails to meet the legal standards set by the government, it is said to have been Adulterated Food.One form of adulteration is the addition of another substance to a food item in order to increase the quantity of the food item in raw form or prepared form, which results in the loss of the actual quality of the food item.
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]
FSIS derives its authority from the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906, [7] the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957, [8] and the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970. [9] FSIS inspects meat and poultry products to ensure that there is no misbranded [10] or adulterated [11] products being put into the stream of commerce.
In 2012, a study in India across 29 states and union territories found that milk was adulterated with detergent, fat, and even urea, and diluted with water. Just 31.5% of samples conformed to FSSAI standards. [13] In the 2013 meat adulteration scandal in Europe, horsemeat was passed off as beef.
21 U.S.C. ch. 12 — Meat Inspection Meat Inspection Act of 1906; 21 U.S.C. ch. 13 — Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Controlled Substances Act, a part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. 21 U.S.C. ch. 14 — [Alcohol and Drug Abuse Educational Programs and Activities] (repealed) 21 U.S.C. ch. 15 — Egg ...
To prohibit the movement in interstate commerce of adulterated and misbranded food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) FFDCA, FD&C Act: Enacted by: the 75th United States Congress: Citations; Public law: 75-717: Statutes at Large: 52 Stat. 1040: Codification; Acts repealed: Pure Food and Drug Act ...
The first court case involving "adulterated" products was in 1886, in which farmers pitted quote “the reigning champion, butter, against a challenger, oleomargarine. Butter won and oleomargarine was taxed". [13] "Adulterated" products often used chemicals or additives to mask poor quality wheat, sour milk, or meat gone bad. [9]