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A federal probe has been launched into both Tyson Foods and Perdue Farms following a New York Times Magazine report of migrant kids working nightshifts for contractors at the companies’
Two companies, Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods, are seeing scrutiny from the Department of Labor, something first reported by the New York Times.
Tyson Foods and Perdue Farms, which together produce one-third of the poultry sold in the United States, are under federal investigation into whether they relied on migrant children to clean slaughterhouses, some of the most dangerous work in the country.
Cleaning contractors hired by US meat processors Tyson Foods and Perdue Farms have been accused of employing child labour.
The Labor Department is investigating Perdue and Tyson after reports that migrant children as young as 13 were contracted to clean the poultry giants' meat-processing plants during overnight shifts.