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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
David J. Neal

Family Dollar recalls food, drugs and other products in 6 states after FDA inspection finds rodents

Family Dollar recalled all medical devices, cosmetics, dietary supplements, drugs and food for people and pets shipped since Jan. 1, 2021, to 404 stores after an FDA inspection found “insanitary conditions, including a rodent infestation, that could cause many of the products to become contaminated.”

Not an infestation at the stores themselves — at the discount chain’s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution facility from which products go to those stores.

A consumer complaint brought the FDA there in January and inspectors left Feb. 11.

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