OTS - Berlinger Special AG: uniform security standard for doping control kits
2018. February 05. 09:30
Ganterschwil, 5 February, 2018 (APA/OTS) - The BEREG-KITs preferred
by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can be used throughout
the coming 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. Their
manufacturer Berlinger Special AG is also adding further security
features to the product to enable any counterfeit kits to be
clearly identified as such. Berlinger Special AG will moreover be
supplying only this new "Olympic" version of the BEREG-KIT with its
additional anti-counterfeit features to other doping control
organizations and sports federations from now on. So provided these
kits are employed consistently for such purposes, a new uniform
product can now be used for all doping controls.
The IOC has decided to use not the "BEREG-KIT Geneva" but its
predecessor, the "BEREG-KIT", which was supplied up until
mid-September 2017, for the doping control activities at the coming
2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. This is
because both the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) see a
risk in the handling procedure to close the BEREG-KIT Geneva
container.
Berlinger Special AG has taken full account of the IOC's
decision and the associated WADA recommendations, and is now
focusing fully on producing this predecessor BEREG-KIT. The company
will be able to provide all the BEREG-KITs required to meet the
Olympic Winter Games' needs, and is in close contact with the
event's organizers. Berlinger Special AG will also be putting all
its production capacities into meeting the demand for these
BEREG-KITs from other federations, organizations and customers.
Counterfeits always detectable
On WADA's recommendation, in resuming its production of the
BEREG-KIT, Berlinger Special AG will also take the opportunity to
introduce additional security features that will enable any
counterfeit kits to be clearly identified as such. These security
features, which take the form of complex identification elements,
will provide additional protection for doping samples while not
affecting either the nature of the BEREG-KIT containers or their
closure technology. The type of kit desired by the IOC for the
Games doping controls will thus incorporate a further set of
security features.
A uniform solution for all sport
To avoid any market confusion and to focus all its resources on
the production required, Berlinger Special AG has decided to only
produce and supply this predecessor BEREG-KIT at the present time.
This means that any Berlinger Special AG customers who currently
have orders outstanding for the BEREG-KIT Geneva will now be
supplied with the predecessor BEREG-KIT instead. Berlinger Special
AG will also readily replace any customers' existing stocks of the
BEREG-KIT Geneva with the predecessor BEREG-KIT. This will enable
all doping controls to be conducted and all the resulting samples
stored with a uniform technological solution.
Further information:
Berlinger Special AG
Media Relations
c/o. KMES Partner I KLAUS
Hans Klaus
Basteiplatz 7
CH-8001 Zurich
Phone: +41 43 544 1744
Email: office@kmespartner.com
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