Local Groups Accuse CVS Of Selling Expired Products

A pharmacy came under fire Thursday from several groups banded together.

A group called Change to Win organized a rally against CVS pharmacies in Pittsburgh and across the country.

The group put out a national study claiming CVS sells expired products at two-thirds of surveyed Pittsburgh-area stores.

It's running a national campaign called "Cure CVS," which is recruiting help from church groups and other community groups.

“I just found out about this a week ago. Now that I realize it, something has to be done,” said Pastor Ken Love of the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network.

ACORN and the National Organization for Women also were represented at Thursday’s rally.

CVS said it has a clear product removal policy and issued this statement:

"While no process this labor-intensive is immune from error, a typical CVS pharmacy has more than 100,000 items on its shelves. We strive to achieve 100 percent compliance and move quickly to rectify any unintentional deviation from our policies and procedures.”

“This is the latest in a series of misleading attacks by Change to Win against CVS Caremark. This consortium of labor unions began a campaign to disparage our company in 2007 after we refused to waive our employees' right to vote confidentially in union elections.”