Walmart has agreed to pay $16 million to settle allegations that its California stores offered infant formula past its use-by date and over-the-counter medicines after their expiration dates. County prosecutors announced the settlement on Wednesday, and it bars the retailer from selling those expired products at any of its California locations.
The case matters to any family that buys formula or children's medicine at a big-box store. A parent grabbing a can of formula or a bottle of cough syrup rarely stops to read the date, and most assume the store already did. For families who rely on formula as a baby's main food, that assumption carries real weight.
