title: [Rotten meat, coffee with corn, and watered-down milk: power struggles and oversight of the food trade in the Imperial Court, 1840-1889].
abstract: During the Second Reign, the regulation and inspection of food trade in the city of Rio de Janeiro were characterized by heated clashes between three agencies that had overlapping powers in the matter: the Câmara Municipal (Municipal Chambers), the Secretaria de Polícia (Police Department), and the Junta Central de Higiene Pública (Central Public Hygiene Board). The article analyzes the conflicts between these agencies, while taking into account their coincidental duties and power disputes and also underscoring the Chamber's effort to preserve its former public health responsibilities, essential to protecting its governmental capacities.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de História, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil, 59072-970, julianasouza@cchla.ufrn.br.
authors.forename: Juliana Teixeira
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Souza