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Sanitation Co. Accused of Using Child Labor in JBS Slaughterhouses

HeadlineNov 16, 2022

The Labor Department has accused a major cleaning company of using child labor on graveyard shifts at slaughterhouses. The federal agency says Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. employed at least 31 children — the youngest just 13 years old — at three JBS meat plants in Nebraska and Minnesota and that the company likely employs far more children across its 400 other locations.

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