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Teen`s Death in Poultry Plant Shows Child Labor Remains a Problem, Feds Say
Jul 28 2023 // The death of a 16-year-old in a Mississippi poultry plant earlier this month offered another reminder that children remain vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace in the United States, senior Labor Department officials...
Meat Processor Agrees to Reform Hiring After Two Teens Found at a Minnesota Plant
Jul 10 2023 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) __ A second company involved in meat processing has agreed to reform its hiring practices after investigators recently discovered teenagers working there. The Labor Department said Friday that Monogram...
US Beefs Up Campaign for Accurate Animal Welfare Claims on Meat, Poultry Packaging
Jun 15 2023 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing. The claims – such as...
U.S. Cites Another Poultry Producer in Compensation Sharing Conspiracy
May 18 2023 // The Department of Justice proposed an amended complaint and consent decree in the District of Maryland that would resolve claims that chicken producer George’s Inc. and George’s Foods conspired with other...
Firm That Employed Children to Clean Meat Plants Keeps Losing Work
May 3 2023 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp cutting equipment like bone saws has continued to lose contracts...
Midwest Meat Plant Cleaning Service Fined $1.5M for Hiring Minors
Mar 20 2023 // One of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country, the U.S. Department of Labor said in early...
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