By Textile Insights | May 13, 2024 A recent study has revealed that traces of banned Chinese cotton were found in 19 percent of garment and other merchandise samples selling at US stores in the past year. The study highlighted challenges of complying with the US law aimed at blocking imports of cotton linked [...]
From Xinjiang cotton being found in the US to Turkmenistan’s alleged forced labour harvest tainting its supply chain, the ethics of the global cotton industry are in the spotlight once again. The bombshell CertainT isotope testing report that found almost a fifth (19%) of US cotton samples had Xinjiang origin as recently [...]
The “CertainT® Market Insight 2023-2024 Report: Xinjiang Cotton Circumventing UFLPA” provides the findings of a market study conducted between February 2023 through March 2024 that reveal 19% of all samples tested showed evidence of Xinjiang cotton. The report was prepared independently by Applied DNA Sciences and Stratum Reservoir. Key findings from the CertainT Report reveal [...]
STONY BROOK - CHAMPAIGN - DNA and isotopic testing has revealed that 19% of all textile-based products tested contained cotton from the Xinjiang region of China which is banned in the US over forced labour concerns. Molecular technologies specialist Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS) and Isotech Laboratories, part of the Stratum Reservoir group, tested 822 [...]
NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) – Traces of banned Chinese cotton were found in 19% of a sample of merchandise selling at U.S. and global retailers in the past year, a study showed, highlighting the challenges of complying with the U.S. law aimed at blocking imports of cotton linked to forced labor in China. [...]
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – December 15, 2021 – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (Applied DNA or the “Company”), a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing and nucleic acid-based technologies, and Stratum Reservoir (Isotech), LLC (“Isotech”), a division of Stratum Reservoir and a leader in laboratory stable isotope analysis, a [...]
STONY BROOK, New York, and KANPUR, India - October 20, 2021 - Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (Applied DNA or the “Company”), a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing and nucleic acid-based technologies, today announced signing a mutual collaboration agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ganesha Ecosphere Ltd. (BSE: GANECOS) (Ganesha), [...]
INTEGRITY™ helps brands and retailers to authenticate and validate their products, anywhere within their supply chains, through a common component – sewing thread. Incorporating the CertainT® platform, Integrity™ benefits from revolutionary SigNatureT® DNA and Beacon® technology, enabling brands and retailers advanced identification capabilities with 100% forensic accuracy. CertainT® [...]
Stony Brook, NY, May 15, 2019 – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN), announced today that partner TheraCann International Benchmark Corporation (“TheraCann”), a leading full service international cannabis consultancy and technology firm, in conjunction CannAcubed Pte Ltd (CannAcubed), a pioneer in the China cannabis space with a focus on building the world’s [...]