Byotrol Products Approved By Norwegian Food Safety

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BYOTROL SECURES APPROVAL FOR USE IN NORWEGIAN FISHING INDUSTRY

AIM listed biocide technology company Byotrol plc has announced that its
products have been granted approval by Mattilsynet, the Norwegian Food Safety
Authority, to be used by the Norwegian fish processing industry.

Seafood is Norway's second largest export with a value to the country of 3-4bn
US$ per annum. The industry employs more than 33,000 people across the fishing
fleet, processing plants and fish farms.

Distribution of Byotrol's product in the Norwegian fish processing industry will
be managed by Dyrkorn AS, a leading supplier of products to the Norwegian
fishing industry.

Byotrol is already approved in Iceland where its technology has been deployed in
the fishing and fish processing industries.

Commenting on the Norwegian approval, Byotrol Deputy Chairman and Business
Development Director Stephen Falder said, 'This approval is another endorsement
of our technology and will enable us to launch a concerted effort on securing
business within this market.'

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Byotrol: How It Works

The breakthrough that makes Byotrol unique is that it uses a combination of the
laws of physics and chemistry to halt the march of bacteria.

Byotrol has a three stage effect on micro-organisms (bugs) and it uses changes
in surface tension as the basis of its attack on bacteria. Surface tension has a
huge effect on small things and a small effect on big things. The effects of
Byotrol on the bugs are deadly, but the process only has a measurable effect on
the tiniest of living organisms and is therefore harmless to humans and animals.
Byotrol interferes with the conditioning of the surface, such as a wall or
table, before the micro-organism lands, making it more difficult for the micro
organism to settle on the surface and stay there and reproduce. When the
micro-organism secretes material in an attempt to form a biofilm, (ie what is
needed for it to stick to the surface) the secretion compounds - proteins,
polysaccharides or oily type materials - are all disrupted by the pervading
surface tension regime, making it much more difficult or impossible for the bug
to form a firm attachment to the surface. Finally, the bug, in its weakened
state, succumbs to the gentlest of biocidal action provided by the associated
biocides contained within Byotrol. These are not heavy duty compounds, but when
acting on such a tiny life form as a micro- organism, they cause the bug's
membrane to burst before it has a chance to reproduce.

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