Innovotech Receives Funding to Develop "Green" Disinfectants
September 03 2008 - 6:00AM
Marketwired
Innovotech (TSX VENTURE: IOT) has received a $474,786 contract over
two years from the Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food
(ACAAF) program of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The program is
administered in Alberta through the Agriculture and Food Council.
The contract will evaluate and potentially commercialize a group of
naturally occurring agents for the sanitation of foods and food
preparation surfaces. Innovotech has developed and patented these
agents derived from natural plant pigments that are currently
registered in Canada as food dyes. The combination of these
pigments with certain light sources and oxygen kills
microorganisms. "This novel approach to sanitation can extend the
shelf life of food products and reduce food contamination, which is
of benefit to both producers and consumers." says Dr. Merle Olson,
Innovotech's Research Director.
"This research is aimed at developing products that meet the
needs of both the traditional and the organic food markets for a
safe and effective way of controlling contamination and spoilage of
food." says Dee Ann Benard, Agriculture and Food Council's
Chair.
About Innovotech Inc:
Innovotech is a product development company focusing on the
development of solutions to medical, agricultural and industrial
problems caused by microbial biofilms. Biofilms are protected
communities of microorganisms which are very common and very
difficult to treat due to their inherent resistance. They have been
implicated in a host of devastating infections in agriculture,
human health and industry.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Innovotech Ken Boutilier President (780) 448-0585 Ext
221 (780) 424-0941 (FAX) Email: ken.boutilier@innovotech.ca ACAAF,
Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta Tom Switzer Executive
Director (780) 955-3714 ext 226
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