Wholesome Meat Act Explained

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. (DTX)
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).

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  1. Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson: "Remarks Upon Signing Bill Amending the Meat Inspection Act.," December 15, 1967. Gerhard Peters. John T. Woolley. The American. University of California - Santa Barbara. November 8, 2016. November 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021252/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=28607. dead.
  2. Book: Board, Institute of Medicine (US) Food and Nutrition. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW OF MEAT INSPECTION. 1990. National Academies Press (US). en.