A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. building-materials unit
said it voluntarily stopped shipping some flooring products to Canada after
discovering the nation doesn’t allow importation of goods made with prison
labor.
Shaw Industries Group Inc., based in Dalton, Georgia,
learned in December that the hardwood-floor products can’t legally be imported
to Canada,
according to an e-mailed statement from Scott Sandlin, a company vice
president. Shaw contacted Canadian authorities and halted the shipments to the
country, he said. Read more here.
