Biden Administration awards $6.5M contract to U.S. Cotton LLC

The Biden Administration has awarded a contract for $6.5 million to U.S. Cotton LLC, the largest manufacturer of cotton swabs in the United States, to increase domestic production capability for polyester tipped swabs for home testing kits and mass testing applications to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, U.S. Cotton has retooled [...]

By |2021-08-31T11:55:38-05:00September 3, 2021|

Hohenstein develops new method to detect genetic modifications in organic cotton

Hohenstein has developed a new quantification method specifically for genetically modified cotton. One of the first labs with this ability, Hohenstein uses DNA analysis to identify known genetic modifications and calculate their percentage in organic cotton. Stakeholders will use the data to distinguish between minor contaminations and mixtures, control quality and verify claims. For qualitative [...]

By |2021-08-16T14:06:03-05:00August 16, 2021|
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