The U.S. Department of Labor has fined a Wisconsin-based company for child labor violations at meat packing plants. Packers Sanitation Services LTD based in Kieler, Wisconsin paid more than 15 thousand dollars for each minor-aged employee, totaling 1.5 million dollars. Labor department officials say the company had more than 100 minors working as equipment cleaners at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states.
The investigation began last August after a report of children cleaning power equipment at JBS USA plants in Grand Island, Nebraska, and Worthington, Minnesota, as well as Turkey Valley Farms in Marshall, Minnesota.
