SO. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In response to shareholder inquires, Digital Angel Corp. (AMEX: DOC - News) said its wireless microchip systems for food safety feature patented RFID implantable microchips, e.Tags(TM), scanning systems and software for frictionless data collection -- a complete integrated system.
They are specifically designed to fulfill stringent livestock traceability needs, capturing and furnishing detailed digital information about an animal's origins, location and status.
The need for traceability systems has been elevated by the concerns of "Mad Cow" disease in the UK in the 90's and heightened recently by the news that the disease has entered North America.
Because "Mad Cow" disease has no treatment and no known early detection test, the industry's best course of action is to contain the disease to a single animal and not allow it to enter to food chain.
Digital Angel Corp's systems, the outgrowth of more than six decades of developing patented animal ID systems, provide the necessary tools for the industry to automatically track an individual animal to it's source of origin.
About Digital Angel Corporation
On March 27, 2002, Digital Angel Corporation completed a merger with Medical Advisory Systems, Inc., which for two decades has operated a 24/7, physician-staffed response center in Owings, Maryland. Prior to the merger, Digital Angel Corporation was a 93% owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX - News), which now is a beneficial owner of the company. Digital Angel(TM) technology represents the first-ever combination of advanced sensors and Web-enabled wireless telecommunications linked to Global Positioning Systems (GPS). By utilizing advanced sensor capabilities, Digital Angel is able to monitor key functions -- such as ambient temperature and physical movement -- and transmit that data, along with accurate emergency location information, to a ground station or monitoring facility. The company also invented, manufactures and markets implantable identification microchips the size of a grain of rice for use in humans, companion pets, fish, and livestock. Digital Angel Corp. owns the patents for its inventions in all applications of the implantable microchip technology for humans and animals. For more information about Digital Angel Corp., visit www.DigitalAngelCorp.com.
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