Applied DNA Sciences Inc (APDN)

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ISO 22382 (Committee Draft - in development)
Without ISO credentials its tough to get details although I found an ITSA reference to some interesting particulars. Not sure of timing but seems near term...

...The clause on the construction of tax stamps – the longest clause in the standard – has also been reworked to give more prominence to authentication approaches, with reference to an annexe that gives an overview of authentication technologies and features.

There is a sub-clause titled Printing, Inks and Coatings, which includes an expanded section on direct marking (defined as ‘applying a tax stamp directly onto the product container, through the use of laser marking or printing with inks or other markers that adhere to the material of the container’), with references to an annexe giving more specific information on printing methods and direct marking, comparing the characteristics of direct marking with those of tax stamp labels.
The coverage of issuance and activation processes has also been expanded in this draft, with a strengthening of the guidance on use of unique identifiers (UIDs), which are actually referenced throughout the document to encourage tax authorities to use UIDs on tax stamps.

We now await the outcome of the TC 292 ballot on the CD and the comments from committee members.

https://www.tax-stamps.org/news-article/iso-19998-now-iso-22382-committee-draft

And at Securing Industry October 12, 2017
Viewpoint: Tax stamps – on the authentication front line

New developments
Developments to use tax stamps for other applications beyond their original use are also underway. For example, a fiscal stamp issued by the National Seeds Institute of Argentina (INASE), a government organisation responsible for certifying the quality and identity of seeds sold to Argentine farmers, aims to promote safety throughout the Argentine seed industry by protecting farmers from fake seeds and facilitating traceability.

Oil products too are starting to see the adoption of tax stamp technology to help protect and secure excise duties. Some solution providers now have the capability to mark oil products at a molecular level – these markers work as an ‘in-product tax stamp’ that cannot be altered or copied. On the detection side, this technology is reported to be highly accurate and capable of exploiting advanced spectrometry techniques.

The development provides governments – which currently include those in Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Albania and Kenya, among others – with a sophisticated tool to tackle fraud in the oil sector, focusing on downstream products but with the ability to mark crude in the midstream process. The technology is capable not only of providing court-admissible evidence of fraud, once detected, but of assisting authorities in identifying specific points in the supply chain where adulteration might have taken place.

https://www.securingindustry.com/food-and-beverage/viewpoint-tax-stamps-on-the-authentication-front-line/s104/a5922/#.WeFNdLtKacs
It's a long shot but being recognized in an ISO Standard would be amazing!