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A meat processing company in Minnesota on Friday agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties after an investigation found it employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as operating meat grinders, while they worked overnight shifts and longer hours than allowed by law.

MADELIA, Minn. (AP) — A meat processing company in Minnesota on Friday agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties after an investigation found it employed children as…

A meat processing company in Minnesota will pay $300,000 in penalties for employing children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions

A meat processing company in Minnesota on Friday agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties after an investigation found it employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions.

A farmer has revealed his near miss with gunman Lachlan Bowles, who sparked terror in a WA town after killing a workmate while wearing a swastika.

Lachlan Bowles, 25, gunned down father-of-one Terry Czernowski at Moylan Grain Silos - where the pair worked - at about 8.40am on Thursday before going on the run.

The nations largest meatpackers are under increasing scrutiny after a federal investigation revealed over 100 teenagers illegally cleaning slaughterhouses across country, including in Minnesota.

The young employees, one of whom was 13 years old when hired, operated meat grinders, ovens and forklifts on overnight shifts, according to the complaint

Investigators discovered children as young as 14 years working overnight shifts at the Tony Downs Food Company.

Filing says at least 8 children younger than 18 were working overnight or on shifts ending in the early morning hours at the Tony Downs Food Company in Madelia