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An investigation has revealed that children were employed in hazardous conditions at a slaughterhouse in Iowa, working dangerous shifts in violation of labor laws. The inquiry highlights significant breaches in child labor regulations, raising concerns about the enforcement of these laws and the safety of young workers in the industry.
The U.S. Labor Department has filed a temporary restraining order against Tennessee-based Fayette Janitorial LLC for illegally employing children as young as 13 to clean dangerous equipment at Perdue Farms and Seaboard Triumph Foods facilities. The children cleaned equipment such as head splitters and meat bandsaws, which is prohibited by federal child labor laws due to the dangerous nature of the work. This is the second instance of a large slaughterhouse cleaner found to have employed children, with the Labor Department reporting a 152% increase in children illegally employed by companies since 2018, many of whom are Central American unaccompanied minors.
A 16-year-old boy, Duvan Perez, died in a tragic accident at a Mississippi chicken slaughterhouse after being pulled into a machine while cleaning it. The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found a series of safety violations at the plant, recommending $212,646 in penalties. This incident marks the third death at Mar-Jac Poultry's facilities since 2020, prompting accusations of complacency and recklessness. The company has 15 days to either pay the fine and comply or contest the findings.
OSHA has found a Mississippi slaughterhouse, which supplies chicken to Chick-fil-A, responsible for the death of a 16-year-old worker who was sucked into machinery and killed within minutes. The agency cited the slaughterhouse for serious violations and proposed fines exceeding $200,000. The teenager's death has prompted investigations into both the circumstances of his hiring and the safety procedures at the plant. The incident has raised concerns about child labor and workplace safety in the poultry industry.
Costco's wholly owned subsidiary, Lincoln Premium Processing, built the first chicken slaughterhouse in America in years to ensure a steady supply of its iconic $4.99 rotisserie chicken. The plant has overcome massive floods, the pandemic, and winter storm Uri, which caused the energy grid to fail in Texas. The experience underscores the fragility of our food supply and the challenges of producing food as the climate crisis worsens. Forbes got a rare look inside the plant and the farm that raises chickens for Costco.
Costco has spent an estimated $1 billion to build a state-of-the-art chicken slaughterhouse in Nebraska, becoming the only retailer to own one. The move is aimed at ensuring a steady supply of its popular $4.99 roasted-in-house rotisserie chickens, which are a major draw for shoppers at its 600 US warehouse stores. The plant ships 1 million chickens a week and has its own network of chicken farmers. Costco's investment has helped it save money and consumers save money, according to analysts.
A 16-year-old migrant worker, known as Pedro, claims he is still cleaning a Kansas slaughterhouse, despite his employer, Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), being fined $1.5 million for hiring over 100 migrant children to clean Midwest slaughterhouses. PSSI agreed to stop employing children and fired all workers found to be underage. However, Pedro claims he is still working up to seven nights a week, a job illegal for anyone younger than 18 under U.S. labor law. Pedro fears losing his paycheck would put him and his family in Guatemala in an impossible situation. PSSI is owned by the private-equity group Blackstone.