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Vaccine Association to Standardize Presentation of Expiration Dates above Inspection Dates on Outer Packaging

March 27, 2017
Vaccine manufacturers will begin printing expiration dates above inspection dates on outer packaging. There are currently no regulations regarding the order in which these dates are printed, so some companies print expiration dates above inspection dates while others do the…

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