Cargill had announced it would terminate its contracts with PSSI in early 2023, following the investigation by the Department of Labor that accused PSSI of child labor violations.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $230,000 in compensation for 545 workers following an investigation at Noah’s Ark Processor LLC.
The defendants in the lawsuit denied allegations that the “no antibiotics” label used on Farmland Fresh Dairies’ non-organic dairy products was misleading.
The grant was awarded to the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) to facilitate the development of the meat brand and a halal-certified, USDA-regulated slaughter and processing facility.