Pros And Cons Of The Pure Food And Drug Act

Pure food and drug Act is a valid and useful Act because it is still felt today. The immediate results of this Act is to stop the unsafety misbranded food and the drugs that don’t have details about the ingredients in it. Also, it made people to become conscious about what they're eating or drinking. It is a good way to become conscious about it because it is our freedom to know about what’s in our food and drug that we usually take everyday. On the other hand, the long term results is that, people would feel safe about what they buy in a store because it benefits them to protect their health and awareness about the unsanitary factories. It is a fundamental piece of the legislation that people should be thankful for, because without this Act

It is hard to imagine that there was once a time when meat and meat-like products were butchered and processed in unsanitary conditions, but there was such a time and it was so bad that Congress had to pass the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 to stop these unsanitary conditions. In this paper I will argue why the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was such a good idea.

They say if you don’t like heights but enjoy the thrill, don’t look down. This is the same mentality that director Robert Kenner tries to prevent in his film Food Inc., where he sheds light on the corporations that control the way our food is being grown, processed and sold to the American people. With the help of Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, and Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore 's Dilemma, Robert takes a shot at all corners of the food industry from meat packaging, to corn reprocessing, even Monsanto’s seed copyrights. While Kenner’s goals for change certainly lead to a better America, they tend to lean on the side of unrealistic.

There were no toilets, so human and rat excrement wound up in the meat, along with the rats themselves. These unsanitary details moved readers far more than the injustices inflicted on the workers. Other examples include the rechurning of rancid butter, the cutting of ice from polluted water and the doctoring of milk with formaldehyde. The average consumer was shocked to know that the “pure beef” was in fact contaminated and unfit for human consumption. Imagine

As president, he rarely openly rebelled against the leaders of his party. He allied himself with those progressives who urged regulation of the trusts. During the 1904 campaign for the presidency, Roosevelt boasted that he had worked in the anthracite coal strike to provide everyone with a “square deal”. He based his philosophy for reform on three principles: Opportunities should be made equal for all citizens, only those who had merit should be appointed to Federal jobs, and Public servants should not suffer for their political beliefs. The Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act of 1906 sought to restore some regulatory authority to the government by giving the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to overs railroad rates. This became known as the Hepburn Act. Roosevelt also pressured Congress to enact the Pure Food and Drug Act, which restricted the sale of dangerous or ineffective medicines. He pressed for the Meat Inspection Act, which helped eliminate many diseases once transmitted in contaminated meat. In 1907, he proposed even more strict reforms, such as an eight-hour day for workers, broader compensation for victims of industrial accident, inheritance and income taxes and regulation of the stock market. By using executive powers, he restricted private development on millions of acres of undeveloped government land by adding them to

Sinclair spent time undercover studying the conditions of meat-packing companies. The novel revealed that these factories mistreated it’s employees and were even infested with rats. Sinclair wrote, “These rats were nuisances, and the packers would put poisoned bread out for them, they would die, and then rats, bread, and meat would go into hoppers together.” This line explains how rats, poisoned bread, and the meat that people eat are all being cooked together. As the novel grew popular, people were appalled when they read about the conditions their food was being packed in. Because of this, the Meat Inspection Act, and the Pure Food and Drug Act were created to ensure consumers the products they receive are

Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States after the assassination of William McKinley. The first sense of the progressive era came as Roosevelt revealed his new domestic policy called the Square Deal. The Square Deal was based on three ideas: protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources. Starting off, Roosevelt passed the Newlands Act of 1902 that initiated massive irrigation projects in the west to bring water and life to the arid land (conservation of natural resources). The next act of Roosevelt was the Elkins Act of 1903 that made it illegal for railroads to have unfair pricing by giving price rebates to some businesses.

There were other measures that formed this bill, but it was the muckraking that pushed for the timing of the bill. One measure was public interests. During this time period many people began to question the quality of their food and how it was being processed. Also locals would write about such instances, such as when Adams wrote about the quality of the machines that came in contact with the meat. This outraged many citizens causing many groups to bombard Congress with their concerns.

Although there were many difficulties, the federal government was able to greatly change labor conditions, while reformers also contributed somewhat.Many things needed reform, such as conditions and hours. Muckrakers, who exposed bad things, and books like The Jungle brought the awful conditions to the American public and even the president’s attention (Doc B). It even caused a bill to be passed, the Meat Inspection which showed strives towards reform. Act. Reformers like Alice Hamilton fought to get laws passed to help laborers. Some of these laborers even included children (Doc C) This even caused the Keating-Owen Act, which prohibited products made by children under the age of 14., which again, showed care towards reform. President Woodrow

The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 was designed to insure effective competition and integrity in livestock, meat, and poultry markets. Without this act, a lot of the meat we eat and produce wouldn’t be as big of a mass or as good of a quality as it is, because there wouldn’t be as big of a market as there is if the meat we ate wasn’t as good, who would want to eat it? And if there’s not a competitive market for the food we eat decrease, making the amount of meat as we have and the price would go up a lot more since there wouldn’t be as much.The Packer and Stockyard applies to persons engaged in the business of marketing livestock, meat, and poultry in interstate or foreign commerce- packers, swine contractors, stockyard

The first was the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. This was a designed more to control the promotion and marketing of bad foods rather than bad drugs. It came as a result of the exposure of the appalling unsanitary conditions in the Chicago Stockyard in a book by Upton Sinclair called The Jungle.

Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 focused on product labeling in order to control the quality of imported drugs. This era of chemistry from 1906-1938 was followed by toxicology after several incidences prompted the congress to pass Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC) in 1938. One of the major incidences was the death of more than 100 people (mostly children) who took elixir of sulfanilamide adulterated with the toxin diethylene glycol. FDC act mandated the manufacturers to submit safety proofs to the FDA before marketing. It also extended FDA's control over cosmetics and other therapeutics devices, further authorizing factory inspections to ensure compliance.

For a deeper understanding of why the FDA’s proposal should be banned, there needs to be an in-depth analysis of both the pros and cons of the rule being imposed. The issue of “natural” food labeling has many consumers commenting and protesting on this controversial rule. There are many confusions and concerns from the consumers when purchasing the food product. “Due to overwhelming and ongoing consumer confusion around the natural food label, we are launching a new campaign to kill the natural label because our poll underscores that it is misleading, confusing, and deceptive"(Rangan, 2016). Consumers do not know what exactly the term “natural” mean. As a result, they are making wrong consumption decision based on deceptive information provided by the food industries. If the FDA makes a decision to ban this rule, the visible positive outcome would be that consumers will be able to understand and to differentiate between healthy vs unhealthy products. The more nutritional information they know about the food products would help increase awareness for consumers to make healthier food choices(Consumer Reports, 2016).

People didn’t know what was in these products so they turned to the government. The government started to make regulations and made inspections required, thus starting the food

In a rapidly changing world, governments are more frequently regulating the food we consume. For example, New York City’s Board of Health passed a rule banning large sugary drinks at certain eateries. While some may see this as the government acting like a mother or guardian, food regulations are absolutely necessary. There are exceptions to all food regulations, regulations have been proven to work, and they fight health crisis that plague the nations and people of the world.