Cargill, one of the nation's largest beef producers, has cut ties with a Wisconsin-based janitorial service that employed underage workers in violation of federal labor law.
Minnesota-based Cargill is ending its contract with Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI), which currently cleans 14 of its plants.
It's the latest fallout from a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that revealed widespread violations of national child labor laws at meatpacking plants in the Midwest. So far, federal authorities have said more than 100 children were illegally hired by PSSI, the Kieler, Wisconsin-based company hired by meat processors to clean their facilities.
