The three pharmacies, as well as a fourth, were also fined for not properly displaying the price of the tests, authorities said.
that were not authorized for at-home use and for not properly displaying the price of the tests, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday afternoon. A fourth was fined only for not properly advertising the price of the tests.
“COVID testing, in addition to vaccination, has been essential to New Jersey’s recent return to normalcy,” Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a statement. “While New Jersey residents have joined together in fighting COVID-19, unfortunately there are still some businesses seeking to profit unlawfully from the pandemic. Two years after the pandemic arrived in New Jersey, we still have zero tolerance for such conduct.
In addition to the penalties, which range from $500 to $5,000, the pharmacies must cease and desist from engaging in any practice in violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, the office stated. The office’s Division of Consumer Affairs has sent 1,961 cease and desist letters to retailers suspected of price gouging and other “unconscionable” business practices during the coronavirus pandemic, Platkin said.
In January, the division sent more than 50 warning letters to businesses whose prices for COVID-19 test kits prompted consumer complaints, the office said.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Covid-19: Three Covid-related deaths and 1,461 casesThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in NI since the start of the pandemic is 3,323.
Read more »
Biden to receive second COVID-19 booster today following new CDC guidanceBiden will get the shot from a member of the White House medical unit following his remarks on the status of the country’s pandemic response, the White House said in a statement.
Read more »
Second COVID-19 booster shot now available for Texans who are 50-plus or immunocompromisedThe FDA authorization calls for a second booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines...
Read more »
CDC drops its COVID-19 risk advisory for cruise ship travelWhile the agency has lifted its travel health notice two years after putting it in place, officials say it's up to travelers to determine their own health risks before going aboard a ship.
Read more »
CDC drops its COVID-19 risk advisory for cruise ship travel'While cruising will always pose some risk of COVID-19 transmission, travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise ship, much like they do in all other travel settings,' the agency said in a statement to NPR.
Read more »
Salt Lake City bar lifts its COVID-19 vaccine requirementThe Bayou faced protests as one of the first private businesses in Utah to require proof of being jabbed.
Read more »