The meat processor refuted claims of “knowingly” hiring minors and agreed to settle the matter to avoid “the distraction of ...

Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child ...

Credit: The Toidi/Shutterstock. US-based meat processor Smithfield Foods is to pay a $2m penalty to Minnesota authorities following an investigation that revealed it had employed children as young ...

Smithfield Foods has agreed to a $2 million settlement to resolve allegations of child labor law violations at its plant in St. James, Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry ...

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Smithfield Foods, a Virginia-based meat processing company, has reached a $2 million settlement with Minnesota after they were accused of employing underage ...

Smithfield Foods products are on display at the Ukrops store in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, March 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest ...

A subsidiary of Virginia-based Smithfield Foods has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations it hired children to work at a meat packaging plant in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota ...