Meat Inspection Bill of 1906
Roosevelt pushed Congress to enact food safety regulations. Opposition to the bill was strongest in the House led by the Speaker Joe Cannon and allies of the meat packing industry.
Roosevelt and Cannon agreed to a compromise bill that made it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products. The law strictly regulated the sanitary conditions by which the animals were slaughtered and how the meat was processed.
These requirements were also applied to imported meat products, which had to be inspected under the equivalent foreign standards.
