Family Dollar has agreed to pay $42 million after storing food and medicine in a warehouse with a severe rodent infestation

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 08:39

A group of rats eating food on a set of brick stairs — The FDA uncovered a severe rodent infestation in January 2022 at a Family Dollar warehouse. The photo does not show the warehouse in question.
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Family Dollar is paying $41.7 million for storing products in unsanitary conditions at a warehouse in Arkansas.
The warehouse closed in 2022 after an FDA inspection uncovered a severe rodent infestation.
The DOJ said it represents the US' largest-ever monetary criminal penalty in a food-safety case.

Family Dollar has agreed to pay nearly $42 million after admitting to storing food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics in unsanitary conditions at a distribution center in Arkansas, the US Department of Justice said in a press release.

The warehouse in West Memphis, Arkansas, closed in 2022 after an FDA inspection uncovered huge numbers of dead and alive rodents as well as dead birds.