Yeah but it's "against the rules" in the most technical way possible though if no ones actually wanting to enforce it. My workplace technically has a rule against eating anywhere but the break room but following that rule means me and most supervisors end up running back and forth from the upstairs room to the checkouts if there's any issues, so we would have breaks in the office instead. Technically against the rules but doing so was the only way we could have breaks longer than 5 minutes and actually get to eat.    This is a situation where the worker either eats on the line or causes delays, the article basically says so. I'm much more forgiving of an employee needing to eat between assignments and this is far from letting everyone eat.