Don’t throw out expired COVID tests, they probably still work

(CNN) – You may not need to throw out expired COVID home tests just yet.

The Food and Drug Administration encourages people to check it out website for extensions before potentially throwing away perfectly good tests as they approach expiration dates.

The latest round of free test orders has only been going for a month, but some people have reported that some tests are nearing their expiration date.

This is the seventh round of free rapid antigen tests from the federal government.

The FDA says the expiration date is the date by which the test can be expected to perform as accurately as when it was manufactured.