Identa Corp. announced that it expects to soon sign a formal agreement with the French government to begin development of a totally new line of detection kits. The new products, as yet unnamed, will be used to identify precursor chemicals that are used to manufacture numerous illicit drugs such as methamphetamine, ecstasy, heroin and cocaine. The announcement comes after IDenta´s recent trade mission to France where high level meetings were held with a special French commission, made up of high ranking law enforcement officials, investigating ways to curtail the production of illicit drugs by stopping the illegal import and shipment of precursor chemicals.

Identa Corp. announced that IDenta Alert explosive detectors and IDenta Stinger drug detectors have been officially selected by numerous police and governmental agencies in France. The announcement comes after a weeklong trade mission to that country during which company officials attended numerous high level meetings arranged by IDenta´s French representatives, IBTEC.

Identa Corp. has been awarded a new patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent is for the development of IDenta´s new Ecstasy Drug Detection Kit, which is currently being produced in Israel and marketed in a number of countries throughout the world. The IDenta´s Ecstasy Kit is the only reliable kit on the market with no false positives.