AvantGuard Receives $1M from USDA to Demonstrate Antimicrobial Benefits of AvantGuard247™
Summary
AvantGuard247 is the only product that can pass EPA testing protocols as the supplemental residual antimicrobial coatings and films against bacteria and an enveloped virus surrogate for SARS-CoV-2. AvantGuard247 is AvantGuard, Inc.s first product and is protected by exclusively licensed patents from Auburn University and Cornell University.In the US, about 500,000 people are hospitalized every year suffering from food-borne illnesses. In poultry and meat manufacturing, microbial cross-contamination is a major concern for food safety, which can occur on food-contact as well as non-food contact surfaces. The companys unique proprietary combinations of specialty molecules and polymers are customized to provide prolonged antimicrobial efficacy to a wide range of surfaces and materials. AvantGuards revolutionary solutions can not only protect against pathogens for weeks or months, but also make surfaces easier to clean, resist adhesion, prevent fouling, and inhibit the formation of biofilms.