1. There was great public support for Congress to act to regulate the meat-packing industry as US meat imports were threatened with banning from foreign governments because of its lack of safety. In 1906, that support resulted in the Meat Inspection Act, which decreed that the preparation of meat shipped over state lines would be subject to federal inspection.
My nanny taught me better than to trust a talking chalupa!
There was also the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which prevented the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals.
Good 'ol xkcd.
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