Family Dollar fined $40 million for storing food and more products in rodent-infested warehouse. The fine, the largest ever imposed in a U.S.
food safety case, followed the discovery of “live, dead and decomposing rodents, feces, urine” and more in an Arkansas warehouse. Family Dollar has 8,000 stores in 46 states and was purchased in 2015 by rival Dollar Tree. The company plans to return to the West Memphis facility in the fall, with an investment of $100 million to improve distribution.