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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

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

A meat processing company in Minnesota 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, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry said Wednesday.

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

The meat processing company allegedly employed at least eight children ranging from 14 to 17.

Minnesotas Department of Labor and Industry has requested a judge in Watonwan County issue a temporary restraining order against Tony Downs Food Co., alleging the food processor is employing minors.

The Minnesota labor department is asking a district court to issue a temporary restraining order and injunction against a meat processing plant that it says is having minors work in in hazardous conditions and longer hours than state labor laws allow

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