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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Lifestyle
Rong-Gong Lin II and Luke Money

COVID-19 test expired? Check this before you throw it out

Have your COVID-19 rapid tests expired? Don’t toss them yet.

Federal regulators have extended some tests’ expiration dates, meaning certain offerings are now usable for months longer.

The reason for the extension, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said, is that in the rush to get rapid test kits available, the agency typically authorized a shelf life of only about four to six months from the day of manufacture.

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