The Role And Function Of Law In Global Business

The Role and Function of Law in Global Business Name LAW/531 Tutors Name Date The Role and Function of Law in Global Business The objective of the legal system around the US food industry is to provide citizens with varied, safe, economical, and high quality food. The U.S. legal system affects businesses in the food industry in a myriad of ways. From a legal perspective, the US food industry can be described as consisting of five sectors. The sectors are agricultural production and inputs, agricultural production, food processing, retail and food service and consumers. This pater will focus on the meat/poultry subsector of the food-processing sector. How U.S. Legal System the Industry The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 prohibits the sale of contaminated or misbranded livestock and derivative products as food. The Act also requires that livestock are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. The government does not have an obligation to proof adulteration or misbranding. Any reasonable belief that food is adulterated or misbranded is sufficient for the food to be removed from the market. The requirements of the Meat Inspection Act include a mandatory inspection of livestock before slaughter and postmortem inspection of carcasses, establishment of sanitary standards,