Shoppers stores sold expired birth control
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Some women in Manitoba might have been given expired birth control medication from local Shoppers Drug Mart stores.
Earlier this year, expired birth control from Shoppers was distributed to patients across western Canada, according to a press release Tuesday.
Women possibly affected in Manitoba have been contacted and informed about the birth control that expired Sept. 21, 2014.
Approximately 100 people were given the expired Alesse 21 brand between Mar. 16 and April 1 through a Calgary Shoppers Drug Mart distribution centre, due to human error.
The press release stated that expired product was shipped to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba because of an incorrect data entry in the inventory system.
Patients in all provinces, except Alberta, have all been contacted.
Shoppers released a list of locations in Alberta, urging women in the province to check the expiry date on their birth control.
Shoppers said the company launched a review of its internal protocol to determine how to prevent this type of error in the future.
“We deeply regret this occurrence and apologize unreservedly to all those affected,” said the press release.