Shorttitle: | Wholesome Meat Act |
Longtitle: | 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. |
Colloquialacronym: | WMA |
Nickname: | Wholesome Meat Act of 1967 |
Enacted By: | 90th |
Effective Date: | December 15, 1967 |
Public Law Url: | http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-81/pdf/STATUTE-81-Pg584.pdf |
Cite Public Law: | 90-201 |
Acts Amended: | Federal Meat Inspection Act |
Title Amended: | 21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs |
Sections Amended: | § 601 et seq. |
Introducedin: | House |
Introducedby: | Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D–TX) |
Committees: | House Agriculture, Senate Agriculture and Forestry |
Passedbody1: | House |
Passeddate1: | October 31, 1967 |
Passedvote1: | 402-1 |
Passedbody2: | Senate |
Passeddate2: | November 28, 1967 |
Passedvote2: | 89-2 |
Conferencedate: | November 29, 1967 |
Passedbody3: | House |
Passeddate3: | December 6, 1967 |
Passedvote3: | 336-28 |
Passedbody4: | Senate |
Passeddate4: | December 6, 1967 |
Passedvote4: | Agreed |
Signedpresident: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Signeddate: | December 15, 1967 |
The Wholesome Meat Act (also called "Equal To" law) is a United States federal law passed by the 90th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 15, 1967,[1] amending the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 which established a statute for federal meat inspection programs.[2] 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).