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To: Captain Nemo who wrote (2706)	2/26/1998 5:12:00 PM
From: Dave Dalry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4356

And yet, another day with no news....

To: Captain Nemo who wrote (2706)	2/26/1998 7:03:00 PM
From: Jeffrey L. Henken	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4356

Image is everything! Could it be that food processing companies have no desire to publicly admit they have a tainted food problem? The recent Consumer's Report article has sent the poultry industry into something of a defensive posture. As evidence I offer up the following URL's found at couple of major poultry processors. pilgrimspride.com tyson.com I also have an article I found at the Food Safety site. foodsafety.org Cyclopss is treading lightly on this issue in my opinion. Ozone decontamination offers a potential solution to the the problem of tainted food. Unfortunately Cyclopss is attempting to sell a product to an industry who does not want to admit they need any help at all. Even if they did admit to their problems there is a long list of potential competition to ozone decontamination. Awareness about ozone's decontaminating properties is still low. Why is that? Take a look at some of the methods being used or considered by the food processing industry. Many of them are listed at the very same Food Safety site: Solutions? foodsafety.org Notice anything? Right, ozonation was not listed. So what's the problem here? We know ozone decontamination is the best potential solution of all. Inexpensive, effective and environmentally sound. <b.So Cyclopss is fighting a big battle trying to win major contracts in this industry. Will it take until the end of 98 before we see a major food contract announced? I sincerely hope not. Anyone who has read some of the newspaper interviews done with Bill Stoddard knows that the company has been working closely with a large number of food processing companies. Produce companies will be easier to get USDA/FSIS approval for ozonation than poultry or red meat companies. Some of this testing has been going on for quite a while. So what's the deal? Well here is my take on the whole trouble with contract delays. First off Cyclopss is not an industry powerhouse. So it's tough for them to push through any contract simply on the basis of their industry name like Microsoft could for instance. Unfortunately that is only part of the problem you also have to keep in mind that the food processing image wants to maintain an image that includes that the status quo is working just fine. This works for them on many levels because as they tell us they are doing all they can and point fingers at the other guy they simply don't have to spend an extra penny on decontaminating their food products. Now investigative articles like the one in Consumer Reports make it easy for us to see they are not living up to even their own expectations for selling a safe product. They know that but they don't want to spend any more money than is absolutely necessary to decontaminate their processed food products. That is the reality of the real world for us as OZON shareholders as I see it. While the food processing industry actually needs a competitively priced, environmentally sound solution to their current decontamination solutions it's difficult for them to even admit this is true. If any food processor was to outwardly admit that they are not selling us a safe product then who will want to buy their particular product. Instead they point fingers at the other guys and simply say we are doing a great job. Problem what problem? Each food processor would like you to belive that if people would simply buy their product and cook it right then they will be safe. Visionaries like Steve Gold may or may not be hard to find. But ones who admit they are testing ozonation? I think that is definitely more difficult. Ozone decontamination is a real solution whose time can't come soon enough for us as stockholders. Truth is most of us wish it already had happened yesterday. More contracts will come in the future but the chance of big companies admitting that they are even testing ozonation as a solution may be slim. They would have to admit they have a problem first. Perhaps we will see some big contracts announced real soon. I sincerely hope so but even if they are not I am certain that progress is being made out of the limelight moving us closer to that eventuality. This stock can and will move higher without the announcement of a major food deal. In fact I believe that when we get USDA/FSIS approval of ozonation of chickens from the Murray's test the stock can and will double. In the meantime we can hope that enough evidence of tainted food throughout the food processing industry might force some other companies to admit they are testing ozone decontamination. They are I believe that to be quite true. So we will have to sit back and wait for major contract news to hit. Perhaps in the laundry business as Captain Nemo has suggested. Perhaps news on the polymer? Lets hope it does not take 6 to 9 months. But could it take that long? I guess it could. Tainted foods and the potential for sickness and actual death associated with there ingestion makes this front page material. Media focus on ozonation is inevitable. Many good things could happen for Cyclopss that could cause a dramatic rise in the stock price besides a big food contract. Strong leadership in small companies can make a real difference. There is an excellent core of extremely talented people now working for Cyclopss. Hopefully their contacts will continue to pay off just like they did with Murray's in the form of contract announcements. But most of the work that I suspect Cyclopss is now doing with food processors in the way of testing and specifically designing systems is purposely being kept behind closed doors because of the desires of large companies trying to protect their images. Regards, Jeff