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12 Oct 2007 08:46

PuriCore Plc12 October 2007 PuriCore's Sterilox Food Safety System Named FCSI Product of the Year Foodservice Consultants Society International Presents Award at Annual Conference MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND STAFFORD, UK - 12 October 2007 - PuriCore (LSE:PURI), the life sciences company focused on the control of infectious pathogens,received the Product of the Year award from the Foodservice Consultants SocietyInternational (FCSI) for its Sterilox Food Safety System. PuriCore's SteriloxFood Safety Division is a leading provider of environmentally friendly food-safesanitizers for use in the food retail, foodservice, and hospitality industries.FCSI presented the award for the Sterilox Food Safety System following a tallyof votes gathered from professional consultants at the FCSI Annual Conferencethis week in Atlanta, GA. FCSI is a prominent, globally recognized organization of nearly 1,000 membersworldwide who design foodservice installations and specify a broad range ofequipment ranging from commercial ovens and storage refrigerators to dishwashersand cleaning systems. At its annual conference, FCSI members vote on the mostinnovative product among ten finalists selected in the foodservice industry. Greg Bosch, CEO of PuriCore, said: "We are very honoured to win the prestigious FCSI Product of the Year award andconsider it a strong endorsement of our technology and its advancement in foodsafety. Already more than 1,500 leading food retailers and major hotel resortsuse the Sterilox Food Safety System as a highly effective way to enhance thesafety and freshness of perishable food products. This award is recognition fromwell-respected foodservice industry consultants that the Sterilox System shouldbe an integral part of our industry's food safety programs." About Sterilox Food Safety Systems Sterilox Food Safety Systems produce a natural food-safe sanitizer using onlysalt, water, and electricity. The Sterilox Food Safety Solution is used by morethan 1,500 leading retail supermarkets, foodservice, hospitality, andinstitutional properties to rinse fresh food products and sanitize food contactsurfaces to prevent cross contamination of infectious pathogens. The SteriloxSolution is highly effective at killing harmful pathogens and spoilage organismssuch as E.coli, Salmonella, Norovirus, Psuedomonas, yeast, and molds. When usedon fresh food, the Sterilox Solution reduces the risk of infectious pathogensand enhances the product shelf life. In addition, many of these operators usethe Sterilox BioSafety Solution as a wide-area disinfectant in housekeepinglocations to protect against and remediate viral and bacterial outbreaks bykilling harmful pathogens on contact. For more information, visit www.steriloxfresh.com. About PuriCore PuriCore (LSE: PURI) is a life sciences company focused on developing andcommercializing proprietary products that safely, effectively, and naturallykill contagious pathogens. PuriCore's technology provides a solution to a broadrange of markets that depend upon controlling contamination, including foodsafety, medical device disinfection, wound therapy, and hospitality. TheCompany's proprietary technology mimics the human body's production of thenatural antimicrobial hypochlorous acid, which is highly effective in killingbacteria, viruses, and fungal spores. Deploying hypochlorous acid solutions assoaks, sprays, mists, and in other forms, PuriCore's technology is designed tolimit the spread of infectious disease, including major public health threats ofM. tuberculosis, MRSA, E.coli, norovirus, avian influenza, HIV, polio virus,Helicobater pylori, and Legionella. PuriCore is headquartered in Malvern,Pennsylvania, with offices in Stafford, UK. To receive additional information on PuriCore, please visit our web site atwww.puricore.com, which does not form part of this press release. For further information please contact: PuriCore +1 484 321 2700 Keith Goldan Financial Dynamics +44 207 269 7169 Ben Brewerton This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange