Carrefour taken to court for expired cheese

Carrefour has been accused of refusing to refund after selling out of date cheese, National Business Daily reported.

According to the paper, a customer surnamed He purchased cheese totaling 148.4 yuan ($23.2) from a Carrefour outlet on July 10. He was refused a refund and compensation after noticing that the product had to be consumed by July 2.

Based on Chinese law, the retailer is required to pay a compensation of ten times the original price for expired product, but Carrefour only agreed to pay 500 yuan.

He took Carrefour to court, saying that he had previously bought out of date products from other supermarkets and afterward received compensation of tenfold from several of these supermarkets, the paper said.

The paper reported that an official from Carrefour accused He of knowingly purchasing the expired product.

The company refuses to pay the claimed compensation.