U.S. GOV’T AWARDS RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES SAFETY SYRINGE CONTRACT FOR AFRICA UNDER GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE LITTLE ELM, TEXAS, August 19, 2004 – Retractable Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: RVP) announced today that it has been awarded a U.S. government contract to supply VanishPoint® safety syringes to five African countries under the Bush Administration’s