Applied DNA Sciences Ships SigNature® T DNA Guaranteeing Purity To Mark 10 Million Pounds of Acala Cotton acala
Orders For Two Additional DNA Transfer Systems support gin expansion into new regions and cotton varieties
STONY BROOK, N.Y. July 12, 2016 -Applied DNA Sciences (Applied DNA), Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN), a provider of DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting, genotyping and anti-theft technology, and authentication technologies, today announced that it shipped an order for SigNature T DNA to mark 10 million pounds of Acala cotton in the third quarter of 2016. Acala is a type of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) that produces the longest staple among the Upland species, making it one of the highest quality Upland cottons in the world.
In addition, building upon recent business successes, Applied DNA received orders for two new DNA transfer units that will support gin expansion into new regions and cotton varieties that will be delivered in its fiscal fourth quarter, 2016. These new gin installations will process Texas and Acala Upland cotton varieties. The initial four gins continuing tagging from the prior season will sustain the SigNature DNA process with Pima and Upland Delta cottons. Additional DNA Transfer Units are under discussion with the Company's customers at a time when global demand for sustainably grown, ethically-sourced American cotton is strengthening.
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DNA Testing: Truth Beyond Trust | LDB Interior Textiles LDB
Applied DNA Sciences,located in Stony Brook, NY, has helped police crack criminal cases using its DNA testing technology. Now it is applying its proprietary processes to home textiles because not all fibers that reach retail shelves are what they are labeled to be.
What is the problem?
It has become all too common for fibers and yarns to be something other than what is indicated on the product label. In 2016, Applied DNA Sciences conducted a study using 108 apparel and home textile products labeled 100 percent Pima cotton from varied retailers and brands. About half of the samples were home textiles. Among them, 80 percent tested as not pure Pima. Of that, 35 percent were a blend and 45 percent contained only Upland cotton. So only 20 percent were pure Pima, as the labeling indicated.
In addition to moral issues, there are legal consequences relating to the Federal Trade Commission's labeling requirements. For example, if a product is labeled 100 percent Pima cotton, it must contain 100 percent Pima cotton. "There is no tolerance for the product to contain anything else," says MeiLin Wan, vice-president, textile sales, Applied DNA Sciences.
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Sourcing Journal Workshop: Regulatory Eduction sourcingjournal
We recently attended the Sourcing Journal Regulatory Education Workshop, which was held on June 15 at the LIM College Townhouse. This workshop was very informative and applicable to the solutions we provide to the textile and apparel industry. Four topics were covered during the workshop; Conflict Minerals, Product Safety, Made In USA and California Proposition 65.
A common theme between these topics was the need for knowledge about materials: what is the origin of a raw material, are the label claims authentic. All of these concerns can be addressed by using our SigNature T system to uniquely tag source materials and test them at each node of the supply chain so you know for certain that the claims you apply to these products are truly authentic.
Applied DNA Sciences to launch its SigNature T DNA system in synthetic fibres | Innovation in Textiles innovation
June 8, 2016 | By Debra Cobb
Applied DNA Sciences, a leading provider of DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting, genotyping and anti-theft technology, and authentication technologies, has partnered with two textile specialists to launch its SigNature T DNA system in synthetic ?bres.
By partnering with Palmetto Synthetics, a leader in the production of high quality, specialty synthetic ?bres, and Techmer PM, a leading materials design company, the company aims to expand its presence in the athletic apparel industry and the automotive textile category.
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Carpets from India Still Being Considered for Addition to Procurement Prohibition List | Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report carpets
Friday, June 17, 2016
The Department of Labor has reopened through July 15 the period for public comments on its proposal to add carpets from India to a list of goods requiring federal contractor certification as to forced or indentured child labor.
Executive Order 13126 prohibits federal agencies from acquiring goods, wares, articles and merchandise that have been mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part by forced or indentured child labor, and the EO 13126 list identifies products that the DOL has a reasonable basis to believe might meet that criterion. Federal contractors who supply the products on this list must certify that they have made a good faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce or manufacture them and that, on the basis of those efforts, they are unaware of any such use of child labor.
In December 2014 the DOL announced plans to add carpets from India to the EO 13126 list, but comments on that proposal have raised issues as to whether there is sufficient evidence for doing so at this time.
Other textile and apparel products already on the EO 13126 list include the following.
•bamboo from Burma
•carpets from Nepal and Pakistan
•cotton from Benin, Burkina Faso, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
•cottonseed (hybrid) from India
•embellished textiles (zari) from India and Nepal
•garments from Argentina, India, Thailand and Vietnam
•textiles (hand-woven) from Ethiopia
For the complete list of products on the EO 13126 list, click here >>
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