PToday Hed: House of Raeford fined for youth workers
The Associated Press
ROSE HILL, N.C. — Federal regulators have fined a North Carolina poultry processor for allowing underage young people to perform dangerous duties.
The U.S. Labor Department has cited House of Raeford for allowing minors at a Duplin County plant to clean or operate powered meat-processing equipment.
Regulators have fined the Rose Hill-based company about $12,000 for requiring two workers ages 16 and 17 to use an electric knife. Federal labor law prohibits workers younger than 18 from operating or cleaning powered meat. . .
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