A meatpacking company in southern Minnesota will pay a $2 million penalty after illegally employing children at its plant in St. James. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has signed a consent order with Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. The company employed at least 11 children between the ages of 14 and 17 between April 2021 and April 2023. Of those employees, nine worked after the hours allowed by state law. All 11 children also performed hazardous work at the plant, including working near chemicals and other hazardous substances, operating power-driven machinery, and operating nonautomatic elevators, lifts, and hoisting machines.
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