The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 is based on a American law on meat products that were slaughtered and under processed sanitary conditions. One reason is that the meat was spoiled. The meat that the people had ate back then was packed in tins and with a visible layer of boric acid, which means that the people that ate the meat had became very ill and ever some of them died. President Theodore Roosevelt testified in 1899.
Another reason is that it was unsanitary. The Meat Inspection Acts of 1890 and 1891 and the other laws had provided a inspection of slaughtered and other meat products and have proven that many unsafe and unsanitary practices by meatpacking industry. This law was amended by the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967
The working conditions
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The factory workers had to face long hours, meanwhile having poor work conditions, during the economic recessions many workers had lost their jobs or had sharp pay cuts but the average worker made at least $400-$500 a year.
Another reason is Child Labor. Children had also worked long hours for very low wages the number of employed children over the last 3 decades of the 19th century over 1.7 million children under the age of 16 worked in factories and less of that half that many children had been employed for more that 30 years.
Third reason is of the crowded/unsafe working space. By 1900, industrial accidents had killed 35,000 workers alone. Lack of effective government regulation had led to unsafe and unhealthy worksites, in the late 19th century more industrial accidents had occurred in the U.S than in any other industrial country.
People not having equal rights during the progressive era was very unfair.
One is that during the progressive era, immigrants came to the U.S. during 1900-1915 to live a better life but at the same time the U.S. had a hard time absorbing the immigrants. Most immigrants would choose to live in the American cities, mostly where the jobs are located which means that jobs came