Applied DNA Sciences : Imminent Mandate by the Republic of Turkey to DNA-Tag Fertilizer Expected to Drive Demand for DNA-Tagged Fertilizers

Company to Introduce DNA-Tagged Fertilizers to Additional Markets. Demand Driven by Supply Chain Needs for Product Purity and Security, First Country to Mandate DNA Tagging of All Domestic Fertilizers.

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In the Republic of Turkey, legislators have mandated DNA-tagging of all domestically produced fertilizer by January 1, 2018, and secure packaging, including the use of secured bar codes which could possibly be enabled by the platform recently commercialized through the Videojet and Applied DNA collaboration. This mandate comes in response to a series of acts of terror that utilized fertilizer-based explosives in Turkey in 2016. Applied DNA has been in communication with Turkish fertilizer manufacturers since early 2016 and to the Company's knowledge, is the only company to have publically demonstrated the capacity to tag fertilizer at scale and successfully track it through all aspects of the supply chain. As of this date, the Company has no specific orders from Turkey. Applied DNA is also developing a method it believes will allow detection of fertilizer tags, even after an explosion. This would allow governments and law enforcement to track the origins of fertilizers used in improvised explosive devices.

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'The introduction of our technology platform to these additional geographies that cumulatively represent the majority of world demand for fertilizer is a clear demonstration of our ability to service large commercial ecosystems,' said Dr. James Hayward, president and CEO of Applied DNA. 'From textiles to the biopharma industry and now fertilizer, our technology platform is increasingly being viewed by supply chain participants as strategic to their business goals.'

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Tony Benson, managing director of Applied DNA in Europe, stated, 'Tracking fertilizers in a large, complex commercial ecosystem is an unmet demand required by farmers and governments, especially those dependent upon their agro economies. Our solution is practical, and readily implemented.'

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Continued Mr. Benson, 'The impact of our technology and the significant benefits to at-risk families in countries where many people are already disadvantaged cannot be over-estimated. People are starving and economies are suffering due to the blatant cheating that is taking place of which there are many published examples of fertilizers being adulterated leading to crop failures. We are delighted and humbled to be part of a technical solution that will positively change the wellbeing of so many people.'

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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.

We make 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 uncopyable, 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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