September 7, 2008
Cuomo sues CVS, Rite Aid on expired drugs
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tuesday that he intends to sue both CVS and Rite Aid for selling expired products, such as baby formula, eggs and over-the-counter medicines.
Two weeks ago his office told of a three-month statewide investigation that found 142 CVS and 112 Rite Aid stores selling expired goods. A follow-up investigation last week found that in the New York City area 50 percent of CVS stores that were revisited and 40 percent of Rite Aid stores revisited still had outdated products on shelves. That included a Rite Aid store in Franklin Square and CVS stores in Hempstead, Westbury and West Islip, with one selling Enfamil ProSobee infant formula with an expiration date of January 2007.
"Their unwillingness to immediately purge their shelves of all expired goods has left us little option but to sue," said Cuomo in a media release.
"The findings are unacceptable and we will immediately retrain those stores on our procedures," said Cheryl Slavinsky, media spokesperson for Rite Aid.
"Our policy is to remove items before they go beyond the expiration date, and we continue to work aggressively to reinforce our review and removal procedures in all of our stores. We are cooperating with the Attorney General's Office in their investigation of this matter," said Mike DeAngelis, public relations director for CVS.
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