The US Department of Labor recently revealed that nearly a dozen children were employed under dangerous circumstances at a pork processing plant in Iowa. These children, hired by a third-party sanitation contractor, were tasked with cleaning hazardous equipment at the Seaboard Triumph Foods facility in Sioux City.
According to federal law, individuals under the age of 18 are prohibited from working in risky environments, such as meatpacking and poultry slaughtering plants. The investigation did not disclose the ages of the children involved.
