U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in San Diego recently caught a shipment of hundreds of illegal, unapproved COVID-19 test kits.
The shipment of two parcels arrived on a flight from Mexico to San Diego International Airport on Dec. 1, officials said this week.They were labeled as “plastic card” on the manifest.
However, an inspection revealed the shipments actually contained 251 test kits that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA.) The FDA has granted hundreds of “emergency use authorizations” for COVID-19 testing products in an effort to make tests widely available and slow the spread of the viral disease.