(NAFB.com) – The nation’s largest meatpacking company JBS USA Food Company will pay $4 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in connection with the company’s use of child labor at meatpacking plants across the country. The DOL said on Monday the funds would be used to “prevent illegal child labor” and support victims of child labor nationwide while prioritizing those efforts in Guntersville, Alabama; Greeley, Colorado; Ottumwa, Iowa; Worthington, Minnesota; and Grand Island, Nebraska — communities where JBS operates meatpacking plants. In addition, JBS will be required to hold third-party contractors and service providers accountable for illegal child labor. In 2022, the DOL investigated JBS meatpacking plants in several states and found that sanitation company Packers Sanitation Services Inc. employed at least 31 minors in hazardous occupations to do overnight cleaning at JBS plants.