When it comes to lab animal diet storage, we advise our customers to follow a recommended usage period rather than a hard and fast expiration date. For instance, we recommend that customers use standard, natural ingredient diets out to nine (9) months post-manufacturing.
For a handy reference guide to shelf life and storage conditions by product type, consult our latest reference: Shelf Life of Diets in Research
Teklad Global Diets® and Custom Diets are developed with purpose and benefit for your study. Teklad has developed our fixed formula standard and natural ingredient diets so your study will have reliable and repeatable results.
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