The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investigating Packers Sanitation Services for possible human trafficking. The issue arises from the use of child labor to clean a JBS plant in Grand Island, NE. Packers Sanitation Services now operates under a Consent Order and Judgment issued in early December 2022 imposing
sanctions on the company and restraining activities including employing workers younger than 18 years of age. The Department of Labor identified 30 children working at five plants in various states, some of whom were migrants, triggering the investigation.