“Labor Department investigating migrant child labor claims at HelloFresh”

The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating HelloFresh, the popular meal kit service company, over allegations that migrant children were working at its cooking and packaging facility in Illinois as recently as this summer, ABC News has learned.

At least six teenagers, at least some of whom migrated from Guatemala, were found working night shifts at the facility, said Cristobal Cavazos, the executive director for Immigrant Solidarity, an immigrant rights advocacy group that helped report the matter to federal regulators.

"They're minors working dangerous jobs," Cavazos told ABC News.

The Labor Department is also investigating whether Midway Staffing, an agency that hired employees to work at the HelloFresh facility, also violated federal child labor rules, according to documents obtained by ABC News…

"We were deeply troubled to learn of the allegations made against a former temporary staffing agency," a spokesperson for HelloFresh told ABC News in a statement. "As soon as we learned of these allegations, we immediately terminated the relationship."…

The spokesperson told ABC News that the facility, in Aurora, Illinois, is a Factor75 facility, which was acquired by HelloFresh in 2020. Factor75 is a prepared meal delivery services company.

Midway Staffing did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News….