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Labor Department fines slaughterhouse cleaning firm for employing children

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The Department of Labor has fined a slaughterhouse cleaning firm for employing more than 100 children, some as young as 13.

Packers Sanitation Services Inc. has paid a $1.5 million fine for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The children were working hazardous overnight jobs cleaning slaughterhouses in eight states, according to NBC News.

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