Smithfield Foods responds to settlement with Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, noting prevalence of identity theft, fraud in U.S. labor force.

Judgment orders a City of Industry meat processor and Downey staffing agency to surrender $327,484 in illegal profits.

Federal court in Los Angeles finds the owners and operators of a network of California poultry processors and distributors must pay back wages and damages to 476 workers.

The Meat Institute works to educate member companies to improve age and identity verification.

Investigators discover Fayette Janitorial Service employed children to clean and sanitize spaces and equipment during overnight shifts to fulfill sanitation contracts.

The department is seeking any current or former employees of The Exclusive Poultry, Meza Poultry, Valtierra Poultry, Sullon Poultry or Nollus’s Poultry who believe they may be owed back wages.

U.S. Department of Labor investigators are seeking to interview employees at a Hattiesburg, Mo., poultry plant.

U.S. Department of Labor investigation finds the company employed at least two 16- and 17-year-old children to operate meat-processing equipment in violation of federal child-labor hazardous orders.

PSSI is launching a charitable fund to enhance the well-being of children in the communities they serve and help reduce the prevalence of unauthorized underage workers.

Packers Sanitation Services Inc. employed minors to use caustic chemicals to clean razor-sharp saws and other high-risk equipment at 13 meat processing facilities in 8 states.