The Largest-Ever Food Safety Penalty: Family Dollar Fined $41.7 Million for Rat-Infested Warehouse

The value-store chain Family Dollar has been fined a staggering $41.7 million for distributing contaminated products from a rat-infested warehouse, making it the largest-ever financial criminal penalty in a food safety case. The United States Justice Department has announced that this penalty is estimated to be the value of the products that became tainted due … Read more