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Teddy Roosevelt: If inspection of meat food products at all stages of preparation is not secured by the passage of the legislation…

On the recordJune 3, 1906
If inspection of meat food products at all stages of preparation is not secured by the passage of the legislation recommended I shall feel compelled to order that inspection labels and certificates on canned products shall not be used hereafter.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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