Which president signed two acts in 1906 that improved meat and poultry inspection?

• A. Abraham Lincoln
• B. Theodore Roosevelt
• C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
• D. George Washington

Answer: (B)

The key idea is how the federal government began taking strong, centralized steps to ensure meat safety and truthful food labeling in the early 20th century. Theodore Roosevelt used his presidency to push progressive reforms that protected consumers and set nationwide standards for meat and food products. In 1906 he signed two landmark laws that transformed oversight of these products: the Meat Inspection Act, which required federal inspection of meat processing and imposed sanitary standards on slaughterhouses; and the Pure Food and Drug Act, which prohibited adulterated or misbranded foods and medicines and demanded truthful labeling. These measures established the framework for modern federal food safety oversight, paving the way for ongoing regulation of meat and other animal products, including poultry, under federal inspection programs. Lincoln and Washington were presidents long before these reforms, and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s notable consumer-protection laws came later, in the 1930s.