{"id":55610,"date":"2024-02-26T17:17:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T01:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55610"},"modified":"2024-02-26T17:17:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T01:17:04","slug":"family-dollar-stores-pays-41-6-million-for-keeping-food-drugs-medical-devices-in-unsanitary-rodent-infested-distribution-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55610","title":{"rendered":"Family Dollar Stores Pays $41.6 Million for Keeping Food, Drugs, Medical Devices in Unsanitary  Rodent Infested Distribution Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-subtitle\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--string field_subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Largest Ever Monetary Criminal Penalty in Food Safety Matter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14313 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Family Dollar Stores LLC pleaded guilty Monday to holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions related to a rodent infestation at the company\u2019s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A criminal information unsealed Monday in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, charged Family Dollar with one misdemeanor count of causing FDA-regulated products to become adulterated while being held under insanitary conditions, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The company, a subsidiary of Dollar Tree Inc., entered into a plea agreement that includes a sentence of a fine and forfeiture amount totaling $41.6 million, the largest-ever monetary criminal penalty in a food safety case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1,000+ rodents found in Family Dollar stores\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XrA2Kxo7qvA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The plea agreement also requires Family Dollar and Dollar Tree to meet robust corporate compliance and reporting requirements for the next three years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">U.S. Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney presided over the company\u2019s guilty plea and sentencing Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cWhen consumers go to the store, they have the right to expect that the food and drugs on the shelves have been kept in clean, uncontaminated conditions,\u201d said Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer.\u00a0 \u201cWhen companies violate that trust and the laws designed to keep consumers safe, the public should rest assured: The Justice Department will hold those companies accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Documents reveal Arkansas inspectors knew of rodent issues at Family Dollar center for nearly a year\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMOXKL0UWHQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cCompanies distributing and selling food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics must ensure that these products are being held in safe and sanitary conditions,\u201d said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Division. \u201cThe Justice Department will continue to work closely with the FDA to investigate and prosecute those who put public health at risk by failing to meet this important obligation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cConsumers trust that products purchased from retail stores such as Family Dollar are safe,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Jonathan D. Ross for the Eastern District of Arkansas. \u201cIt is incomprehensible that Family Dollar knew about the rodent and pest issues at its distribution center in Arkansas but continued to ship products that were unsafe and insanitary.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Adding, &#8220;Knowingly selling these types of products not only places the public\u2019s health at risk but erodes the trust consumers have in the products they purchase. Products shipped and sold are required to be safe for consumers and the safety of Arkansans and others are extremely important to this office. Let me be clear, if you conduct business in Arkansas and allow the shipment or sale of unsafe and insanitary products, you will be held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arkansas suing Family Dollar following rat infestation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pkOp8jNb0mk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cU.S. consumers rely on the FDA to ensure that their food is safe and wholesome,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Charles L. Grinstead of the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI) Kansas City Field Office. \u201cWhen companies put themselves above the law and distribute food that has been held under extremely insanitary conditions, putting the public\u2019s health at risk, we will see that they are brought to justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In pleading guilty, the company admitted that its Arkansas distribution center shipped FDA-regulated products to more than 400 Family Dollar stores in Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the plea agreement, the company began receiving reports in August 2020 of mouse and pest issues with deliveries to stores. By the end of 2020, certain stores reported receiving rodents and rodent-damaged products from the warehouse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The company admitted that by no later than January 2021, some of its employees were aware that the unsanitary conditions caused FDA-regulated products held at the warehouse to become adulterated in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the plea agreement, the company continued to ship FDA-regulated products from the warehouse until January 2022, when an FDA inspection revealed live rodents, dead and decaying rodents, rodent feces, urine, and odors, and evidence of gnawing and nesting throughout the facility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the plea agreement, subsequent fumigation of the facility resulted in the reported extermination of 1,270 rodents. On Feb. 18, 2022, the company voluntarily recalled all drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and human and animal food products sold since Jan. 1, 2021 in the 404 stores that had been serviced by the warehouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">FDA-OCI Special Agents Chad Medaris and Daniel Allgeyer investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Senior Litigation Counsel Patrick Runkle and Trial Attorney Alisha Crovetto of the Civil Division\u2019s Consumer Protection Branch and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Julie Peters and Cameron McCree for the Eastern District of Arkansas prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Additional information about the Consumer Protection Branch and its enforcement efforts can be found at\u00a0<a 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