Consumer Safety at Wal-Mart

As the world’s largest company and the nation’s leading grocer, Wal-Mart’s actions have a tremendous impact on the health and safety of Americans. While it squeezes suppliers to get the lowest costs for products, Wal-Mart neglects to ensure that those products are safe. Low prices should not be offered at the expense of consumer safety. Wal-Mart’s track record is not trustworthy as highlighted briefly below.

Food Safety
Wal-Mart Sells Tainted Peanut Butter. Wal-Mart’s Great Value brand of Peanut
Butter is found to be contaminated with Salmonella. The Peanut Butter, which
was produced by ConAgra foods, sickened hundreds of people – many of them
children.1
Tainted Pet Food Found in Wal-Mart Stores. The first discovery of hazardous
pet food came at a Wal-Mart store. Produced by Menu Foods and containing the
harmful chemical melamine, this food resulted in the death of many cats and
dogs. Wal-Mart did not immediately pull the pet food from store shelves, and
there were reports that Wal-Mart was restocking the contaminated pet food on
store shelves at night.2

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