Change to Win Calls for Full-Scale Investigations into CVS Pharmacy in 39 U.S. States and the District of Columbia, Citing Sale of Expired Products

Surveys of more than 2,000 CVS stores across the country indicate a pattern of selling expired over-the-counter medication, infant formula, and dairy products

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Change to Win is calling on the Attorneys General of 39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia to open full-scale investigations into CVS pharmacies over the sale of expired products.

“We found expired goods for sale at CVS stores in each and every state we surveyed. We believe that Attorneys General in every state in which CVS operates should take action and insist that the company meet the same strict standards it is now legally bound to uphold in California”

Over the last 20 months, Change to Win’s Cure CVS investigation found evidence that CVS has a pattern of selling expired over-the-counter medications, infant formula and/or dairy products after surveying more than 2,000 CVS stores in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Surveyors found expired products in more than 800 of the CVS stores checked including stores in all 17 states and the District of Columbia.

On Monday, June 29, Change to Win will deliver its findings to Attorneys General of the District of Columbia and the 39 states in which CVS operates. For a state-by-state view, click here or visit www.CureCVSNow.org

“We found expired goods for sale at CVS stores in each and every state we surveyed. We believe that Attorneys General in every state in which CVS operates should take action and insist that the company meet the same strict standards it is now legally bound to uphold in California,” said Chris Chafe, Executive Director of Change to Win.

Earlier this month, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced CVS Caremark Corporation had agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle allegations of misleading customers and unfair business practices stemming from the sale of expired products including baby food and over-the-counter medications. Under the judgment, CVS is now required to check for expired products at least twice a month; conduct random audits for expired products twice a year; and provide compensation to each consumer who locates expired goods on CVS shelves – but those stipulations only apply to CVS’s stores in California.

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has also filed suit against CVS over selling expired products. Change to Win sent evidence to Generals Brown and Cuomo as part of its efforts to reform CVS’s practices.

For more information visit www.CureCVSNow.org

Cure CVS is an initiative by Change to Win and partner organizations to reform the drugstore industry, starting with CVS, the country’s leading provider of prescription drugs and largest drugstore chain. By joining concerned citizen groups with the six million members of Change to Win unions, Cure CVS aims to ensure that CVS provides equal access across all communities and income levels to its stores and services, offers fair and accurate prices, provides quality products and services, protects customers’ privacy and puts quality pharmacy care first.