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Hundreds of rodents found inside Family Dollar facility

CHIMAYO, NEW MEXICO - DECEMBER 24, 2019: A Family Dollar store in Chimayo, New Mexico, a small hispanic village located between Santa Fe and Taos. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) (Robert Alexander, Robert Alexander)

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. – Federal inspectors say they found more than 1,000 rodents inside a Family Dollar distribution facility in Arkansas.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumer complaint prompted officials to inspect the West Memphis, Arkansas, facility last month.

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Inside the building, inspectors said they found live rodents, dead rodents, rodent feces and dead birds. The FDA said it is working with Family Dollar to begin a voluntary recall of affected products.

Those products include food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, medical devices and over-the-counter medications that were purchased in January or February from Family Dollars stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri or Tennessee.


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