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The US Labor Department requested a temporary injunction against Fayette Janitorial Services for allegedly employing children to work overnight shifts in slaughterhouses.
U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of illegal child labour that officials say is increasingly common.