Since Brazil’s JBS in 2007 acquired assets of Swift & Company in North America, there’s been anticipation that it would eventually tap equity markets in the United States. Some expected it to spin off North
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Child labor violations of employing minors have cost a Minnesota meat plant $30,000 in fines imposed by the U.S. Department of Labor. It is the latest in fines for the meat industry paid for its
Continue Reading Labor Department nabs another child labor violator
Blackstone private equity funds own Packer Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), which earlier this year was found violating child labor laws at 13 meat processing plants in eight states.
In some instances, child labor was employed
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U.S. Department of Labor investigators in late 2022 and in early 2023, found more than 100 minor children doing mostly overnight work in
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JBS is to appeal a decision by Brazilian authorities to fine one of its subsidiaries as part of Operation Carne Fraca.
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) verdict relating to Seara Alimentos was officially published this
Continue Reading JBS to appeal Brazilian Carne Fraca fine
If Homeland Security is investigating the meat industry for human trafficking as was reported, it could be a long time before anything specific about that is known. But the Labor Department has now imposed monetary
Continue Reading Paid fines indicate meat industry’s use of child labor is more widespread than previously known
When federal Judge John M. Gerrard put his signature on a six-page Consent Order and Judgment on Dec. 6, 2022, it was a win for the U.S. Department of Labor in a child labor case
Continue Reading Child labor case attracts Homeland’s attention for potential human trafficking
The JBS Beef Plant in Grand Island, NE, the end-user in an apparent child labor scheme, is not being touched by the civil enforcement action. The labor contractor JBS was using, however, is named by
Continue Reading Nebraska’s child labor case is settled without involving JBS beef plant
A preliminary injunction that prevents a labor contracting firm from providing child labor to JBS in Grand Island, NE, has been extended to Dec. 7. The preliminary injunction is against Wisconsin-based Packers Sanitation Services Inc.
Continue Reading Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company
Federal law enforcement may be catching up with ransomware threats. The progress comes after costly threats to food and energy companies like meat producer JBS and the Colonial Pipeline
The Justice Department Monday announced recent
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