Applied DNA Receives First International Order for DNA Transfer System for Cotton
January 31 2018 - 5:30AM
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SigNature T DNA Transfer System Adds New Season
Distinct from US Seasonality and Expands Capacity in New
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Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the Company,”
NASDAQ:APDN), today announced that in response to an order from an
international cotton gin, the Company will be installing its
patent-pending SigNature® T DNA Transfer System at an off-shore
gin. Recently, the Company has been fielding inquiries for DNA
tagging of cotton from multiple foreign countries. For strategic
reasons, the Company has decided not to reveal the customer and the
location at this time. The SigNature T tagging system will be
installed at the international gin this quarter in advance of
orders for the Company’s molecular taggants.
The benefit of the SigNature T DNA Transfer System is that it
can be installed within the gin’s normal processes. The system
provides over 60 data points per minute to the Company’s CertainT®
IT platform to monitor, record and audit the quantity of tagged
bales and the quality of tagged bales associated with each USDA (or
other) bale identification number. The partners in the network use
the data to manage tagged bale inventory, bale shipments and lab
test results for samples.
Evidence obtained from quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
(qPCR) tests to date indicate that essentially every fiber that
passes through the gin while the DNA Transfer System is operating
is exposed to SigNature T DNA. Quantitative PCR, used for the
Company’s SigNature® T, and our fiberTyping® and GeoTyping™
platforms allow the forensic detection of dilution of the original
fibers at any point in the supply chain. The Company’s SigNify qPCR
system enables testing on-site by trained, certified personnel.
“Verified cotton based on forensic science helps to establish
provenance with certainty. The growers and ginners benefit directly
by knowing that the cotton that is tagged, tested and tracked ends
up in the finished goods that are sold in their home country. They
can depend on a sustainable livelihood knowing that the brands and
retailers behind the program are their champions, enabling for
continuous planting of cotton, ginning and production for future
generations,” said MeiLin Wan, Applied DNA VP, Textiles. “You don’t
get to true sustainability without traceability on the fiber
itself. We are seeing a shift from reliance on a paper trail that
documents unverified fiber, to a new standard based on transparency
from the fiber forward, linking all parts of the value chain with
our information-rich molecular traceability system.”
The SigNature T system and supply chain protocols are designed
to assure the purity and integrity of any cotton whose global
source of origin leads to unique performance or claims. Countries
with large cotton economies often want to market finished goods
based on the use of cotton exclusively from the country. In the
markets of the US, Egypt, Turkey, Peru, China, Australia and India,
preference is often given to cotton grown in the home country. The
maintenance of intact supply chains, with forensic proof of origin
can lead to substantiation of ancillary claims such as sustainable
sourcing or the exclusion of cotton fibers that may have been
obtained with labor derived from human trafficking.
SigNature T preserves the integrity and purity of cotton fiber
from source to shelf by enabling end-to-end traceability with
forensic evidence. Over 100 million data points are being captured
per season from the gins into the CertainT Textile Portal and over
3,000 SigNature T tests have been conducted since 2015. Testing
will increase consequent to the establishment of our lab in India.
The gin data and reports are shared with the Company’s partners and
customers, via the CertainT systems platform, configurable for
third-party systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning or
blockchain networks.
About Applied DNA Sciences
Applied DNA is a provider of molecular technologies that enable
supply chain security, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft
technology, product genotyping and DNA mass production for
diagnostics and therapeutics.
Applied DNA makes life real and safe by providing innovative,
molecular-based technology solutions and services that can help
protect products, brands, entire supply chains, and intellectual
property of companies, governments and consumers from theft,
counterfeiting, fraud and diversion. The proprietary DNA-based
"CertainT®" platform can be used to identify, tag, test, and track
products, to help assure authenticity, origin, traceability,
sustainability and quality of products.
SigNature® DNA describes the core technology ingredient that is
at the heart of a family of uncopiable, security and authentication
solutions such as SigNature® T and fiberTyping®, targeted towards
textiles and apparel, BackTrac® and DNAnet®, for anti-theft and
loss prevention, and digitalDNA®, providing powerful
track-and-trace. All provide a forensic chain of evidence, and can
be used to prosecute perpetrators. Applied DNA Sciences is also
engaged in the large-scale production of specific DNA sequences
using the polymerase chain reaction.
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The statements made by APDN in this press release may be
"forward-looking" in nature within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements describe APDN’s future
plans, projections, strategies and expectations, and are based on
assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many
of which are beyond the control of APDN. Actual results could
differ materially from those projected due to our history of
losses, limited financial resources, limited market acceptance,
market competition and various other factors detailed from time to
time in APDN’s SEC reports and filings, including our Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed on December 28, 2017, which is available
at www.sec.gov. APDN undertakes no obligation to update
publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new
information, events or circumstances after the date hereof to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless otherwise
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