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                                                               Exhibit 10.21


                            FUISZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
                   EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT BONUS INCENTIVE PLAN


         1.      PURPOSE.

         The purpose of the Fuisz Technologies Ltd. Executive Management Bonus
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is (i) to motivate special achievement by Plan
Participants, upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company is
largely dependent for the successful conduct of its business, through a
compensation program emphasizing corporate performance objectives and (ii) to
enhance the ability of the Company to attract, motivate, reward and retain
executive officers.

          2.     DEFINITIONS.

         (a)      "Award" shall mean an incentive award earned by a Participant
under the Plan for a Performance Period.

         (b)      "Base Salary" for a Performance Period shall mean the
Participant's base salary during such Performance Period.  Base salary shall
not include Awards under the Plan, long-term incentive awards, imputed income
from such programs as executive life insurance, or nonrecurring items such as
moving expenses, and is based on salary earnings before reductions for such
items as contributions under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.

         (c)     "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

         (d)     "Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the
Board.

         (e)     "Company" shall mean Fuisz Technologies Ltd., its successors
and assigns.

         (f)     "Earnings Per Share" for any Performance Period shall mean the
consolidated net income of the Company for such period, before extraordinary or
unusual items (e.g. charges for divestiture and restructuring activities) and
the cumulative effect of any change in accounting principles, divided by the
weighted average number of shares of the Company's common stock.

         (g)     "Net Operating Profit" for any Performance Period shall mean
the consolidated net operating profit of the Company for such period.

         (h)     "Participant," for any Performance Period, shall mean an
executive officer selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan for such
Performance Period.
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         (i)     "Performance Criteria" shall mean (i) Net Operating Profit,
(ii) Earnings Per Share, (iii) Return on Equity, (iv) Revenues, (v) any
combination of the foregoing or any other financial performance factor selected
by the Committee.

         (j)     "Performance Period" shall mean the fiscal year of the Company
or any other period designated by the Committee with respect to which an Award
is earned.

         (k)     "Performance Target" shall mean a financial target for a
Performance Period which is expressed in one or more Performance Criteria and
upon the attainment of which a Participant earns an Award.  Performance Targets
may be in respect of the performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries (which
may be on a consolidated basis), a division, a region or any combination of the
foregoing. Performance Targets may be absolute or relative and may be expressed
in terms of a progression within a specified range.

         (l)     "Plan" shall mean this Executive Management Bonus Incentive
Plan, as from time to time amended and in effect.

         (m)     "Return on Equity" for any Performance Period shall mean
consolidated net income of the Company for such period, before extraordinary or
unusual items (e.g. charges for divestiture and restructuring activities) and
the cumulative effect of any change in accounting principles, divided by
average shareholder equity.

         (n)     "Revenues" for any Performance Period shall mean the
consolidated net sales of the Company for such period.

         (o)     "Target Award Percentage" for a Participant with respect to
any Performance Period shall mean the percentage of the Participant's Base
Salary that the Participant would earn as an Award for that Performance Period
determined based upon the attainment of a Performance Target applicable to such
Participant.

         3.      ELIGIBILITY.

         (a)     Participation in the Plan for a Performance Period shall be
limited to those executive officers who, because of their significant impact on
the current and future success of the Company, the Committee selects, in
accordance with Section 5 of this Plan, to participate in the Plan for that
Performance Period.

         (b)     To be eligible to receive an Award for any Performance Period
a Participant must be actively employed by the Company on each day of the
Performance Period, provided, however, that any employee who is hired or
promoted into an incentive-eligible position after the commencement of a
Performance Period may, at the discretion of the Committee, participate in the
Plan for such Performance Period, based upon the appropriate pro rata portion
of such employee's Base Salary.





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         4.      ADMINISTRATION.

         Administration of the Plan shall be consistent with the purpose and
the terms of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Each
member of the Committee shall be an "outside director" within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. The Committee shall have full authority to establish the rules and
regulations relating to the Plan, to interpret the Plan and those rules and
regulations, to select Participants in the Plan, to determine the Performance
Periods, Performance Targets and Target Award Percentages applicable to each
Participant and the amount of compensation payable to each Participant upon the
achievement of such targets, to approve all Awards under the Plan, to decide
the facts in any case arising under the Plan and to make all other
determinations and to take all other actions necessary or appropriate for the
proper administration of the Plan, including the    delegation of such
authority or power, where appropriate; provided, however, that the Committee
shall not be authorized to increase the amount of the Award that would
otherwise be payable pursuant to the terms of the Plan. The Committee's
administration of the Plan, including all such rules and regulations,
interpretations, selections, determinations, approvals, decisions, delegations,
amendments, terminations and other actions, shall be final and binding on the
Company, its subsidiaries, Participants and their respective beneficiaries.

         5.      PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TARGETS.

         (a)     For each Performance Period, the Committee shall designate and
establish, before the expiration of 25% of such Performance Period, but in no
event later than 90 days after the commencement of such Performance Period:

                 (i)      incentive categories based upon organizational level
                          and potential impact on Company results;

                 (ii)     Target Award Percentages applicable to Participants
                          in each incentive category, which shall be stated as
                          a percentage of Base Salary that will be available to
                          each Participant upon the achievement of the
                          Performance Targets for the applicable Plan Year; and

                 (iii)    Performance Targets, which shall be based upon one or
                          more Performance Criteria.  In the event that the
                          Performance Target is based on a combination of more
                          than one Performance Criterion, the Committee shall
                          designate the relative weighting of each Performance
                          Criterion.

         (b)     The Committee shall prepare schedules with respect to each
Performance Period, which will be treated as part of the Plan for that
Performance Period, setting forth (a) the Participants, (b) Target Award
Percentages and (c) Performance Targets, in each case, for that Performance
Period. The Committee shall notify each Participant of his or





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her Target Award Percentages applicable to Performance Targets for the
Performance Period.

         (c)     Except as provided herein, the amount of an Award shall be
equal to the product of a Participant's Target Award Percentage and his or her
Base Salary. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary,
the Committee may, in its sole discretion, reduce or eliminate any Award
actually paid to any Participant, based upon individual performance or
otherwise, prior to the written certification of the Committee of the amount of
such Award.

         (d)     The Committee may change the Performance Targets to reflect a
change in corporate capitalization, a corporate transaction, such as a merger,
consolidation, separation, reorganization or partial or complete liquidation,
or the occurrence of unexpected events, such as an acquisition or disposition,
product liability judgment or such other factors as the Committee may
determine, prior to the expiration of 25% of the relevant Performance Period,
but no later than 90 days after the commencement of such Performance Period.

         (e)     The Committee may, in its sole discretion, adjust on a pro
rata basis any Award to a Participant who has served in two or more
incentive-eligible categories during any Performance Period.

         (f)     The maximum amount of Awards that any Participant may receive
with respect to any fiscal year of the Company during which the Plan is in
effect is $1 million.

         6.      PAYMENT OF AWARDS.

         (a)     Promptly following the end of each Performance Period the
Committee will meet to certify achievement by the Company of the Performance
Targets for the applicable Performance Period and, if such goals have been
achieved, to review and approve actual Awards under the Plan. The achievement
of the Performance Targets for any applicable Performance Period shall be
certified in writing by the Committee. The Committee shall also certify in
writing that all Awards payable under the Plan for a given Performance Period
were determined in accordance with the Plan. Approved minutes of the Committee
meeting in which such certifications are made shall be treated as written
certification for this purpose. No Award shall be paid prior to such
certifications.

         (b)     Each Award shall be paid in a single lump sum cash payment as
soon as practicable after certification by the Committee.

         7.      DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.

         A Participant may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries who, in the
event of the Participant's death prior to full payment of any Award hereunder,
shall receive payment of any Award due under the Plan. Such designation shall
be made by the Participant on a form prescribed by the Committee. The
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such designation. A beneficiary designation, or revocation of a prior
beneficiary will be effective only if it is made in writing on a form provided
by the Company, signed by the Participant and received by the Secretary of the
Company. If the Participant does not designate a beneficiary or the beneficiary
dies prior to receiving any payment of an Award, Awards payable under the Plan
shall be paid to the Participant's estate.

         8.      AMENDMENTS.

         The Committee may at any time amend (in whole or in part) this Plan.
No such amendment which adversely affects any Participant's rights to or
interest in an Award earned prior to the date of the amendment shall be
effective unless the Participant shall have agreed thereto.

         9.      TERMINATION.

         The Committee may, in its sole discretion, terminate this Plan at any
time.

         10.     MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

         (a)     This Plan is not a contract between the Company and the
executive officers or the Participants. Neither the establishment of this Plan,
nor any action taken hereunder, shall be construed as giving any individual any
right to be a Participant, receive an Award or be retained in the employ of the
Company. The Company is under no obligation to continue the Plan.

         (b)     No Award under this Plan shall be deemed earned for any
purpose whatsoever until is certified in writing by the Committee.

         (c)     Nothing contained in the Plan shall limit or affect in any
manner or degree the normal and usual powers of management exercised by the
officers and the Board or committees thereof to change the duties or the
character of employment of any employee (including any executive officer) of
the Company or to remove the individual from the employment of the Company at
any time, all of which rights and powers are expressly reserved.

         (d)     A Participant's right and interest under the Plan may not be
assigned or transferred, except as provided in Section 7 of the Plan, and any
attempted assignment or transfer shall be null and void and shall extinguish,
in the Company's sole discretion, the Company's obligation under the Plan to
pay Awards with respect to the Participant.

         (e)     The Plan shall be unfunded. The Plan shall not be required to
establish any special or separate fund, or to make any other segregation of
assets, to assure payment of Awards.

         (f)     The Company shall have the right to deduct from Awards paid
any taxes or other amounts required by law to be withheld.





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         (g)     The Plan and all rights hereunder shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

         11.     EFFECTIVE DATE.

         This Plan shall be effective as of the date that it is approved by the
Board.





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