Packer Sanitation Fined for Illegally Employing More Than 100 Children, Labor Officials Say
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Packer Sanitation Fined for Illegally Employing More Than 100 Children, Labor Officials Say

Packers Sanitation Services Inc. paid a $1.5 million penalty this week for employing children as young as 13 in dangerous jobs at meat-processing plants.
Labor Department Finds 31 Children Cleaning Meatpacking Plants
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Labor Department Finds 31 Children Cleaning Meatpacking Plants

Packers Sanitation Services, a food safety contractor, hired children as young as 13 to clean dangerous equipment on overnight shifts, the department said. Several suffered chemical burns.