Exclusive: The U.S. Department of Labor has opened an investigation against Hearthside Food Solutions for reportedly employing underage workers at its factories and violating child labor laws, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter
showed Hearthside's factories employed underage workers making Chewy granola bars and bags of Lucky Charms and Cheetos, which the company would later ship around the country.
"We can confirm that we have opened an investigation," a spokesman for the Department of Labor told Reuters.A record number of unaccompanied migrant minors entered the country in recent years, with many entering federal shelters and then released to sponsors, usually relatives, while immigration authorities resolve their requests for refuge in the United States.
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