Ludhiana, Sept. 18 -- In a case of selling expired food products, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ludhiana, has directed Walmart India Pvt Ltd to pay Rs.10,000 as compensation to a consumer who was sold expired packaged chicken kebabs.

The complainant, Ravi, had approached the commission claiming that on August 18, 2024, he purchased four products, including a 500-gm packet of chicken seekh kebab priced at Rs.106, from a Walmart outlet against a bill amounting to Rs.545. However, to his shock, he discovered after reaching home that the chicken kebab had already expired a day earlier on August 17, 2024. As per the label, the product was to be consumed between November 18, 2023, and August 17, 2024.

The complainant su...