Meatpacker JBS ends contracts with US company fined for hiring kids

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JBS USA is ending contracts with a U.S. company fined for hiring kids to clean meat plants, the unit of Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said on Monday, adding it is bringing the work in-house at some facilities.

Employees walk around with face masks at the JBS USA meat packing plant, which on Monday was closed after numerous employees tested positive and two have died from the coronavirus disease , in Greeley, Colorado, U.S., April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

JBS said it does not tolerate child labor and is shifting away from PSSI at every location where alleged child labor violations occurred, spokeswoman Nikki Richardson said.

 

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