Universal Detection Technology's Online Building Security Survey Questionnaire Available for Respondents Until the End of January 2007

Universal Detection Technology ( www.udetection.com ) (OTCBB: UDTT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bio-terrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, is conducting a survey on building safety in the US. The research is aimed at providing objective statistics about the readiness of buildings to deal with a terrorist attack with biological weapons.

The Company intends to make the questionnaire available to respondents until January 31, 2007 on its internet site at www.udetection.com/buildingsurvey.html . Respondents are encouraged to view the page and fill the questionnaire before the deadline.

"UDTT's Building Security Survey is a positive way of developing an objective framework for analysis of our buildings' weaknesses with regards to responding to a bio-terrorist attack," said Nima Montazeri, UDTT's Vice President of Strategic Development. "We look forward to gathering the data and offering some useful information that can lead to better security in our buildings," he added.

UDTT was recently featured on NBC News in a clip that can be viewed at: http://www.udetection.com/pressroom-video-NBC1006.htm . For more information please visit www.udetection.com or email us at info@udetection.com .

About Universal Detection Technology

Universal Detection Technology is a developer of monitoring technologies, including bio-terrorism detection devices. The Company on its own and with development partners is positioned to capitalize on opportunities related to Homeland Security. For example, the Company, in cooperation with NASA, has developed a bio-terror 'smoke' detector that detects certain biohazard substances. For more information, please visit http://www.udetection.com .

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