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IdentiGEN Founder Says Access to DNA from Cloned Animals Should Be Made Public
BOSTON, Feb. 14, 2008 – In order for meat producers and retailers to satisfy anticipated consumer desires to avoid meat and milk from cloned animals, access to DNA from every unique clone should be made public so that DNA traceability technology can be used, according to Patrick Cunningham of Dublin's Trinity College and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland, who will speak at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Boston tomorrow. Full news release (PDF)

IdentiGEN's Dublin Laboratory Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification
LAWRENCE, Kan., U.S., and DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 18, 2008 – IdentiGEN Ltd., a leading provider of DNA-based solutions to the agriculture and food industries in Europe and North America, has received ISO 9001:2000 certification for its total quality management practices. Full news release (PDF)

Food Industry Luminaries Join IdentiGEN Business Advisory Board
LAWRENCE, Kan., U.S., and DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 6, 2007 – IdentiGEN, Inc., a leading global provider of DNA-based identification and verification solutions for enhancing food safety and building consumer confidence in the food and agriculture industries, announced the first members of its Business Advisory Board, a group of food industry veterans who will help guide the company's North American expansion. Full news release (PDF)


IdentiGEN's DNA TraceBack^® Receives USDA Process Verified Program Approval
LAWRENCE, Kan., U.S., and DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov. 5, 2007 – IdentiGEN's DNA TraceBack^® system, a proprietary meat identification and traceability system based on DNA analysis, has been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service as a Process Verified Program (PVP). The DNA TraceBack^® system enables retailers, meat producers, meat processors and food-service outlets to respond to the growing consumer demand, both domestically and in export markets, for more information about where and how their meat is produced. Full news release (PDF)

IdentiGEN Builds Executive Management Team
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S., and Dublin, Ireland - October 11, 2007 - IdentiGEN, a leading global provider of DNA-based identification and verification solutions to enhance food safety and build consumer confidence in the food and agriculture industries, has added to its executive team with the hiring of Tim Riemenschneider as Vice President of North American Sales and John Heffernan as Group Financial Controller. Full news release (PDF)

IdentiGEN opens North American laboratory
Lawrence, KS- May 30, 2007 - IdentiGEN, a leading provider of DNA-based solutions to the agriculture and food industries, today announced the official opening of its North American laboratories and facilities in Kansas in the heart of America's meat industry. The new, state-of-the-art labs will initially focus on DNA analysis for the global TraceBack^® program, IdentiGEN's proprietary meat traceability system. The Kansas facility will also be the launching point for commercialization of DNA TraceBack^® in North America. Full news release (PDF)

IdentiGEN receives ISO Accreditation for Rapid BSE Diagnostic Testing
Dublin, Ireland – December 13, 2006 – IdentiGEN Ltd., a leading provider of DNA-based solutions to the agriculture and food industries in Europe, today announced that its Dublin facility has received accreditation under ISO Standard 17025. IdentiGEN is the first full-service private testing laboratory to receive this accreditation within a year of first offering rapid BSE diagnostic services to help identify cattle with “mad cow disease.” Full news release (PDF)

IdentiGEN establishes US subsidiary & recruits North American CEO
Lawrence, KS and Dublin, Ireland - July 26, 2006 - IdentiGEN Ltd., a leading provider of DNA-based solutions to the agriculture and food industries in Europe, today announced the formation of a new subsidiary, IdentiGEN North America, Inc., and the hiring of Donald R. Marvin as president and chief executive officer. Full news release (PDF)