Embargoed: 0700hrs, 19 February 2013

Akers Biosciences, Inc.

("ABI" or the "Company")

Update on French Certification for Disposable Breath Alcohol Detectors and Product Launch Trading Update

ABI, a leading designer and manufacturer of rapid diagnostic screening and testing products, is pleased to announce that its proprietary disposable breath alcohol detectors will be formally launched to the French market this afternoon by ABI's partners Chubeworkx Guernsey Ltd (previously called Sono International Limited) ("Chubeworkx") and (en)10 (Global) Ltd (previously called Breathscan International Limited) ("(en)10").
(en)10 has been informed that the national reference laboratory of France, Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais ("LNE"), has recommended that the Company's breath alcohol detector is in compliance with the quality criteria defined in French Standard NF X 20-702 for disposable breathalysers. ABI's breathalysers have now passed all mandated chemical and mechanical tests at the newly announced 100% performance criteria and the final award of the NF Marque ("NF Mark") from the Comité de Marque is expected this week. The NF Mark enables the breathalysers be marketed and sold to consumers in and around France and the Comité de Marque has permitted (en)10 to commence marketing activities with a formal launch for the product in Paris this afternoon.
As of July 2012, a French law mandates that every driver of a motorised land vehicle must possess unused disposable breathalyser kits bearing the NF Mark; two kits are recommended. The legislation impacts any and all drivers on French roads, including foreign passport holders and drivers of foreign vehicles. Last month, French Interior Minister, Manual Valls, directed CNSR, the French National Council for Road Safety, to review and report on the efficacy of the decree. On 13 February 2013, CNSR came out in favour of the legislation with a recommendation that it should be retained and extended to drivers of two wheeled vehicles of capacity of 50cc. As a result, the near-term and on-going demand for NF-Marked breathalysers is expected be quite substantial. Approximately 34 million French nationals own a motorized vehicle, and a portion of the estimated 81 million foreign visitors entering the country annually will do so by auto or may rent a vehicle while touring. In fact, close to 19 million Britons enter France via auto across ferries or through the Channel Tunnel each year.
As was previously announced in 2012 communications, the Company negotiated an exclusive, multi