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Retailers suspend dealings with Mich. fruit grower
AP ONLINE
posted: 28 DAYS 12 HOURS AGO
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Two major retailers are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after learning investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. and Grand Rapids-based Meijer Inc. said Friday they have stopped buying products from Adkin Blue Ribbon Blueberry Co. near South Haven.
The U.S. Department of Labor says its investigators found four children working in Adkin's fields on July 8. At least two were under 12, including the 6-year-old.
Michigan is the nation's largest blueberry producer with 110 million pounds harvested last year.
A telephone message seeking comment was left at the company.
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