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CVS settles lawsuit with New York state
Pharmacy chain will pay $875,000
Updated: Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009, 11:33 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009, 4:36 AM EST
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - New York officials say they've reached an $875,000 settlement
with
CVS
Pharmacy Inc. to stop sales of expired
products -- including food, medicine and baby formula.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who announced the agreement Tuesday, sued after investigators bought expired goods in 60 percent of CVS stores they canvassed across the state.
The settlement ends a lawsuit that the state filed after it said CVS breached a prior agreement to halt expired sales.
A CVS spokesman says the company is committed to keeping expired products off shelves and that the settlement doesn't include any admission of wrongdoing.
Cuomo reached a similar settlement with Rite Aid in 2008.
CVS is the retail division of Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Caremark Corp. It has about 432 New York stores.
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