"The employment of children in hazardous occupations is an egregious violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act that should never occur," Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda said in a statement.
"Minors were used to clean dangerous kill floor equipment such as head splitters, jaw pullers, meat bandsaws, and neck clippers," the DOL said in a February release.
Although Perdue has terminated their contract with Fayette, saying that "underage labor has no place in our business or our industry," Perdue, along with other poultry giant Tyson, has been under multiple federal investigations for contracting with companies that illegally employ children.
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