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11 Oct 2007 16:35

Sterilox Food Safety, a division of PuriCore (London StockExchange:PURI), received the Product of the Year award from theFoodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI). Sterilox FoodSafety is a leading provider of environmentally friendly food-safesanitizers for use in the food retail, foodservice, and hospitalityindustries. FCSI presented the award for the Sterilox Food SafetySystem following a tally of votes gathered from professionalconsultants at the FCSI Annual Conference this week in Atlanta, GA. £ FCSI is a prominent, globally recognized organization of nearly1,000 members worldwide who design foodservice installations andspecify a broad range of equipment ranging from commercial ovens andstorage refrigerators to dishwashers and cleaning systems. At itsannual conference, FCSI members vote on the most innovative productamong ten finalists selected in the foodservice industry. £ "We are very honored to win the prestigious FCSI Product of theYear award and consider it a strong endorsement of our technology andits advancement in food safety," said Denny Romer, CFSP, Sterilox vicepresident of foodservice and hospitality. "Already more than 1,500leading food retailers and major hotel resorts use the Sterilox FoodSafety System as a highly effective way to enhance the safety andfreshness of perishable food products. This award is recognition fromwell-respected foodservice industry consultants that the SteriloxSystem should be an integral part of our industry's food safetyprograms." £ About Sterilox Food Safety Systems £ Sterilox Food Safety, a division of PuriCore, Inc., providessystems that produce a natural food-safe sanitizer using only salt,water, and electricity. The Sterilox Food Safety Solution is used bymore than 1,500 leading retail supermarkets, foodservice, hospitality,and institutional properties to rinse fresh food products and sanitizefood contact surfaces to prevent cross contamination of infectiouspathogens. The Sterilox Solution is highly effective at killingharmful pathogens and spoilage organisms such as E.coli, Salmonella,Norovirus, Psuedomonas, yeast, and molds. When used on fresh food, theSterilox Solution reduces the risk of infectious pathogens andenhances the product shelf life. In addition, many of these operatorsuse the Sterilox BioSafety Solution as a wide-area disinfectant inhousekeeping locations to protect against and remediate viral andbacterial outbreaks by killing harmful pathogens on contact. For moreinformation, visit www.steriloxfresh.com. £ About PuriCore £ PuriCore (London Stock Exchange:PURI) is a life sciences companyfocused on developing and commercializing proprietary products thatsafely, effectively, and naturally kill contagious pathogens.PuriCore's technology provides a solution to a broad range of marketsthat depend upon controlling contamination, including food safety,medical device disinfection, wound therapy, and hospitality. TheCompany's proprietary technology mimics the human body's production ofthe natural antimicrobial hypochlorous acid, which is highly effectivein killing bacteria, viruses, and fungal spores. Deployinghypochlorous acid solutions as soaks, sprays, mists, and in otherforms, PuriCore's technology is designed to limit the spread ofinfectious disease, including major public health threats of M.tuberculosis, MRSA, E.coli, norovirus, avian influenza, HIV, poliovirus, Helicobater pylori, and Legionella. PuriCore is headquarteredin Malvern, Pennsylvania, with offices in Stafford, UK. For moreinformation, visit www.puricore.com. \* TUpcoming ConferenceBooth # 7756NAFEM ShowOctober 11-13, 2007Atlanta, Georgia\* T Copyright Business Wire 2007