Prodika announces partnership with the National Food Processors Association
Prodika launches new platform based on Microsoft's .NET application framework.

Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas - August 15, 2001 — Today Prodika announced the formation of its new partnership with the National Food Processors Association as the exclusive audit automation provider to its emerging NFPA-SAFE program (NFPA Supplier Audits for Food Excellence).

According to Lance Van Hooser, President and CEO of Prodika, "We are excited about the NFPA-SAFE program, what it means to food quality, and our role in helping build a new standard for this industry. We appreciate the immense effort the NFPA and its constituency has put into designing this program from the ground up. We are confident that working together with the NFPA, Prodika can help these industry leaders actualize their objectives toward a best-in-class standard for food safety and quality."

Through the partnership, Prodika will design and manage a robust web-based automation platform to support the NFPA-SAFE program's entire value chain. The custom site will provide tools and technologies aimed at auditor management, online auctions, fee escrow, and audit fulfillment. Leveraging the latest in web-based workflow-automation and remote wireless technologies, the new site will provide both supplier organizations and auditors a centralized facility to help manage all aspects of their participation in the NFPA-SAFE program.

As Kenneth Crain, one of Prodika's lead architects explained "The NFPA-SAFE program is truly a major leap forward for the food industry. We are applying our technology to help streamline the way participants get their information, understand what's being asked of them, and ensure they have full visibility to the entire process. These are essential capabilities that are not available to the industry today, features that we are confident will ensure the NFPA's continued success moving forward."

The launch of a new Audit Automation Platform is planned for October of this year.

About the NFPA-SAFE Program^SM
The NFPA-SAFE Program (NFPA Supplier Audits for Food Excellence) is committed to establishing excellence in food safety auditing for the food industry by delivering a value-added program that exceeds our customer's expectations.

For more information about the NFPA-SAFE Program
visit the www.nfpa-safe.org website.

For more information about Prodika and its innovative products and services visit www.prodika.com or contact us at info@prodika.com