First overseas customer for Applied DNA tracking system

02/02/2018
Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based product authentication solutions, has announced it will install its patent-pending Signature T DNA transfer system outside of the US for the first time after receiving an order from an international cotton gin.

The system tracks every fibre as it passes through the gin and uses the company’s Signature T molecular tagging system to verify the origin of the material. It also allows the customer to manage its tagged bale inventory, bale shipments and lab test results for samples.

Applied DNA said it would not reveal the name of the customer or the location in which the system will be installed at this time “for strategic reasons”.

It added that it has been fielding inquiries about DNA tagging of cotton from multiple foreign countries in recent months.