Tyson and Perdue face child labor investigations

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<p>(Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Department of Labor has opened investigations into meat companies <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Tyson Foods </span></span> (NYSE:) and Perdue Farms to determine whether migrant children were used to clean slaughterhouses, the New York Times reported on Saturday. </p>
<p>The Labor Department opened the investigations after a New York Times Magazine article this week showed migrant children working overnight shifts for contractors in the companies&#8217; plants on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the report said.</p>
<p>Reuters was not able to independently verify the details of the Times report. The Labor Department and Tyson Foods did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.</p>
<p>A Perdue spokesperson said the company had not been notified of the investigation but planned to cooperate fully with any government inquiry on the matter. </p>
<p>&#8220;We are conducting a comprehensive third-party audit of child labor prevention and protection procedures including a compliance audit of contractors,&#8221; Purdue&#8217;s spokesperson said.</p>
<p>The Labor Department has also opened investigations into Fayette Industrial and QSI that run cleaning shifts for Perdue and Tyson respectively, the newspaper said. </p>
<p>QSI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Fayette Industrial could not immediately be reached for comment. </p>
<p>In April the Biden administration sent a letter to meat companies including Tyson and Perdue asking the companies to examine their supply chains for evidence of child labor.</p>
<p>The letter was part of an effort by several agencies, led by the Labor Department, to curb the use of illegal child labor across sectors. </p>
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