Innovotech Inc. (TSX VENTURE:IOT) has signed an agreement with Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to test several proprietary product candidates on the
bacteria responsible for Fire Blight which has caused extensive worldwide damage
to fruit trees this year. Initial laboratory testing conducted by Innovotech has
shown that the products kill the bacteria responsible for Fire Blight at very
low concentrations making this a viable alternative to existing control
measures. Innovotech will be working with AAFC scientists to determine if these
products are safe and effective on infected plants. The tests are being
conducted at two AAFC research sites in Canada; the Pacific Agri-Food Research
Centre in Summerland, British Columbia and at the Atlantic Food and Horticulture
Research Centre in Kentville, Nova Scotia.


The Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre has published research papers indicating
that approximately 50% of bacteria causing Fire Blight in the Okanagan Valley
are resistant to the antibiotic Streptomycin, the current treatment of choice.
With few products available to producers, Canada and other countries are seeking
effective and safe alternatives for Fire Blight.


Response to this outbreak has varied by country with Switzerland resorting to
removing infected apple trees and Austria considering an emergency
re-introduction of previously banned Streptomycin.


Fire Blight affects apple, pear, strawberry and other fruit bearing and
ornamental plants and shows symptoms of weeping canker wounds and blackened
leaves.


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. No diagnostics or antibiotics are currently approved for use in
infections involving biofilms.