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April 30, 2009

OFFICIAL STATEMENT — SWINE FLU

April 29, 2009
To our beloved customers,

I am taking the time to write to you today to allay any concerns you may have about our products being directly, or peripherally, affected by the recent outbreak of swine flu. We care about you, our customers, like no other food company. And, we are here to protect your, and your family's, health and wellbeing.

My letter comes on the heels of some deeply disturbing news out of Texas that a Mexican toddler who came to the United States with his family to visit relatives in Texas has died in Houston of the swine flu. This is the first confirmed death from swine flu in the U.S.

This global pandemic impresses upon us, yet again, that commercial, conventional food production too often puts our health, and the health of our children, at grave risk.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that swine flu should not reach you through food, but that is based on the limited information they have. Dr. Richard E. Besser, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had some unsettling words in a news conference Wednesday: “[Our data] are almost out of date by the time we state them."

We will say, with categorical confidence, that all of our ORGANIC FOOD BAR products are completely safe. ORGANIC FOOD BAR products will not be affected by this outbreak, because ORGANIC FOOD BAR has never – and will never – use any animal products in any of our bars. Moreover, ORGANIC FOOD BAR, Inc. goes to extraordinary lengths and expense to ensure our 100% certified organic ingredients are sourced from the finest, highest-quality, cleanest and most trustworthy sources in the U.S., Canada and Europe. And we take a step that no other bar company does:

Our products are handcrafted on site in a certified organic and kosher facility that adheres to superlative standards of quality, unsurpassed in the industry.

This health crisis further demonstrates how important it is to know where your food comes from and how to protect yourself. We here at ORGANIC FOOD BAR want to take this opportunity to implore you to eat foods that are grown close to home. Frequent farmers markets. Eat organic. Absolutely limit the amount of meat you consume, and when you do, make sure it is free-range, as local as possible – and free from antibiotics and other harmful chemicals.

Below, I have included some additional, helpful information for you – to help further protect your, and your family's, health during this difficult and uncertain time.

You will be pleased to know that not only are our products 100% safe, they can actually help your body defend against viral infections. Our new ORGANIC FOOD BAR - ONE Chocolate Macaroon bars contain "GanedenBC30," which as you will learn below may help support the immune system when faced with viral challenges.

We are here for you. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns whatsoever: 800.246.4685.

Here's to your health,

Thank you.

Dr. Jack J. Singh
Founder/CEO

ORGANIC FOOD BAR, Inc.

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