Save Mart Supermarkets to Pay $1.6 Million Fine for Selling Expired Baby Food, Drugs

Published on June 3, 2024

Save Mart Supermarkets, a limited-liability company that owns and operates grocery stores in California and Nevada, has agreed to pay a $1.6 million fine for violating state health and safety laws by selling products beyond their expiration dates. The company was sued by a coalition of the state’s district attorneys from El Dorado, Marin, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties, who filed the case in Yolo County Superior Court. “Consumers expect that products they purchase at supermarkets are not expired, or beyond the “use by date” provided by the manufacturer of the product,” said Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez in a statement May 31. “We are proud to partner with other District Attorneys around the state in bringing this important protection action.”...

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