LOS ANGELES, CA, Oct 23, 2008 , Universal Detection Technology, a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, announced today that it has received a purchase order from the United States Department of Agriculture for its Ricin detection equipment. The USDA plans to use the equipment to test waste seed mill from the production of biodiesel fuels for the presence of Ricin.

The USDA provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management. Its responsibilities include enhancing agricultural trade, improving farm economies and quality of life in rural America, protecting the nation's food supply, improve the nation's nutrition, and protecting and enhancing the nation's natural resource base and environment. The USDA's expenditures are estimated at $95 billion in FY 2009.
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