Family Dollar pleads guilty to holding consumer products in 'rodent-infested warehouse'

The Department of Justice announced on Monday that Family Dollar Stores LLC has pleaded guilty to holding consumer products in a "rodent-infested warehouse." The DOJ released a statement Monday stating that the company pleaded guilty to holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions, related to a rodent infestation at the company’s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center. The company has also agreed to pay $41.675 million, which the DOJ said is the largest-ever monetary criminal penalty in a food safety case. Criminal information was unsealed in federal court...