U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-K/A

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934.

                   For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998

                         Commission File Number: 0-3207

                           Barringer Technologies Inc.
                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)

           Delaware                                         84-0720473
(State or Other Jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)               

                      30 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ 07059
          (Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

                                (908) 222 - 9100
                           (Issuer's Telephone Number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: NONE

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

     Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 
     Common Stock Purchase Warrants

     Check whether the issuer (1) has filed all reports  required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter  period that the  registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes X No

     Check if there is no disclosure  of  delinquent  filers in response to Item
405 of  Regulation  S-K  contained  in  this  form  and no  disclosure  will  be
contained,  to the  best of  registrant's  knowledge,  in  definitive  proxy  or
information  statements  incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

     The aggregate market value of voting stock held by  nonaffiliates  computed
by  reference  to the price at which the stock was sold,  or the average bid and
asked price of such stock, is $31,291,000 as of March 26, 1999.

State the  number of shares of each of the  issuer's  classes  of common  stock,
outstanding as of the latest practicable date.


                                                Outstanding as of March 26, 1999
     Common Stock, $.01 par value                    7,394,072

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          Barringer  Technologies  Inc. (the "Company") is filing this amendment
to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 to
update and correct  certain  information  contained in the Summary  Compensation
Table.



Item 11.  Executive Compensation

     The following table sets forth a summary of all  compensation  paid for the
last three fiscal  years to  the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and each
of  the other executive officers of  the Company  whose  total annual salary and
bonus are $100,000 or more (collectively, the "Named Executive Officers"):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                            Summary Compensation Table

                                                 Annual Compensation          Long-Term Compensation
                                                                                     Securities
                                                                        Restricted   Underlying                All Other
         Name and         Fiscal    Salary     Bonus(1)   Other Annual     Stock      Options/        LTIP   Compensation
    Principal Position     Year       ($)         ($)   Compensation ($) Award(s)     SARs (#)     Payouts ($) ($)(1)
   
<S>                         <C>     <C>        <C>            <C>        <C>           <C>            <C>     <C>
Stanley S. Binder           1998    $250,000   $182,000         --             --       87,500 (2)       --     $89,265 (3)(4)
   Chairman and Chief       1997     200,000    350,000         --             --       87,500           --       9,500
   Executive Officer        1996     171,491     63,000         --             --       55,000           --       2,925

John H. Davies*             1998    $149,782   $ 46,000         --             --       34,000 (2)       --     $45,815 (4)
   Vice Chairman            1997     136,440    160,000         --             --       34,000           --       6,811
                            1996     125,775     43,200         --             --       38,250           --       6,317

Kenneth S. Wood             1998    $164,063   $ 65,000         --             --       31,500 (2)       --     $29,040 (4)
   President and Chief      1997     130,000    170,000         --             --       31,500           --       8,480
   Operating Officer        1996     111,815     39,600         --             --       33,750           --       2,199

Richard S. Rosenfeld        1998    $125,000   $ 34,000         --             --       27,300 (2)       --     $22,720 (4)
   Vice President-Finance,  1997     107,500    115,000         --             --       27,300           --       7,085
   Chief Financial Officer  1996      96,000     34,200         --             --       27,500           --       1,872
    
</TABLE>

*    Amounts  converted  to U.S.  dollars at the average  exchange  rate for the
     respective year.

(1)  Includes  amounts  contributed  by the Company  pursuant  to the  Company's
     tax-qualified  401(k) deferred  compensation  plan ("401(k) Plan"). In 1998
     and 1997,  the 401(k) Plan  provided  that the Company  would make matching
     contributions  to the  participants in the 401(k) Plan equal to 100% of the
     first 5.0% of a participant's salary contributed. In 1996 , the 401(k) Plan
     provided  that  the  Company  would  make  matching  contributions  to  the
     participants  in the  401(k)  Plan  equal  to 100% of the  first  2.0% of a
     participant's   salary  contributed  and  50.0%  of  the  next  5.0%  of  a
     participant's salary contributed.  Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan
     vest proportionately over a five-year period,  commencing at the end of the
     participant's  first year with the  Company.  Amounts  paid  during 1998 on
     behalf of the Named Executive  Officers were $10,000,  $7,215,  $10,000 and
     $10,000 for Messrs. Binder, Davies, Wood and Rosenfeld, respectively.

(2)  Represents repricing of options previously granted. See "Option Repricing."

(3)  Includes  premiums  paid by the  Company  for term life  insurance  for Mr.
     Binder during 1998 in the amount of $5,865.
   
(4)  Includes  amounts  accrued  pursuant  to the  Barringer  Technologies  Inc.
     Supplemental  Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP Plan").  Amounts accrued
     during  1998  for the  Named  Executive  Officers  were  $73,400,  $38,600,
     $19,040,  and $12,720  for  Messrs.  Binder,  Davies,  Wood and  Rosenfeld,
     respectively.

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     Effective January 1, 1998, the Company adopted the SERP Plan. The SERP Plan
provides eligible  participants with certain retirement benefits supplemental to
the  Company's  401(k)  Plan.  Pursuant to the SERP Plan,  the Company will make
annual  contributions  to the  account of each  participant  equal to a variable
percentage of the  participant's  base salary and annual cash bonus depending on
the Company's  achievement of certain performance targets. The actual percentage
contribution will be determined by the Executive Compensation Committee, subject
to certain  parameters.  A  participant  will become  vested under the SERP Plan
after five years of  participation  therein.  A participant may elect to receive
benefits  under the SERP Plan  commencing  at age 60 and is  entitled to receive
either a lump-sum  payment of his or her account  balances upon retirement or to
use the account balance to purchase an annuity.  In the event of the termination
of a participant's  employment under certain circumstances set forth in the SERP
Plan,  the  participant  will be entitled to receive his or her account  balance
whether or not the participant has become vested under the SERP Plan. Currently,
each of the Named Executive Officers participates in the SERP Plan.

Option Grants

     The following table summarizes certain information relating to the grant of
options to purchase Common Stock to each of the Named Executive Officers:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                     Option/SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year(1)

                               Number of      Percent of Total
                              Securities        Options/SARs                                  Potential realizable value
                              Underlying         Granted to       Exercise or                 of assumed annual rates of
                             Options/SARs       Employees ins     Base Price    Expiration     stock price appreciation
Name                        Granted(#)(2,3)      Fiscal Year        ($/sh)         Date             For option term     
                                                                                                   5%           10%  
<S>                              <C>                <C>           <C>            <C>   <C>     <C>             <C>      
Stanley S. Binder                87,500             19.1%         $ 6.19         10/21/08      $ 340,625       $ 863,211
 
John H. Davies                   34,000              7.4            6.19         10/21/08        132,357         335,419
 
Kenneth S. Wood                  31,500              6.9            6.19         10/21/08        122,625         310,756
 
Richard S. Rosenfeld             27,300              6.0            6.19         10/21/08        106,275         269,322
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(1)  The Company did not grant any stock appreciation rights in 1998.

(2)  Twenty-five  percent of each option  grant is  exercisable  after the first
     anniversary  of the date of grant,  50% is  exercisable  after  the  second
     anniversary,  75% is exercisable  after the third  anniversary  and 100% is
     exercisable after the fourth anniversary.

(3) Represents repricing of options previously granted.  See "Option Repricing."

Options Exercised in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option Values

     The  following  table  sets  forth  information  with  respect to the Named
Executive  Officers  concerning  the exercise of stock  options  during 1998 and
unexercised  options held by such Named  Executive  Officers as of  December 31,
1998.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                      Aggregated Option Exercises in 1998 and
                                           Fiscal Year-End Option Values

                                                                Number of Unexercised
                                                                Securities Underlying             Value of Unexercised
                             Shares                                Options/SARs                   in-the-money Options
                           Acquired On        Value               at Year-End(#)                    at Year-End($)(1)
         Name              Exercise(#)     Realized($)     Exercisable     Unexercisable     Exercisable    Unexercisable

<S>                                                           <C>              <C>            <C>               <C>     
Stanley S. Binder                  --              --         77,250           110,250        $553,031          $377,531
John H. Davies                     --              --         53,688            49,813         384,367           197,110
Kenneth S. Wood                    --              --         46,313            45,188         197,110           332,820
Richard S. Rosenfeld               --              --         38,625            38,675         276,516           148,710

</TABLE>


(1)  Based on a closing  price of $8.625  per share for the  Common  Stock as of
     December 31, 1998.

Option Repricing

     On  October  21,  1998,  the  Company's  Board  of  Directors  approved the
repricing of options exercisable for  an aggregate of  287,700 shares of  Common
Stock previously granted to key  employees of the  Company (including  the Named
Executive Officers) and the Company's  non-employee  diresctors pursuant to  the
Company's  1997 Stock  Compensation Program  (the "Repricing").  Pursuant to the
Repricing,  option  holders exchanged  options, certain of which were vested and
presently  exercisable,  with  exercise  prices ranging from $9.38 to $13.88 per
share  for new stock  options covering  the same  number of shares and having an
exercise price of $6.19 per share, the closing  price of the Common Stock on the
NASDAQ  National  Market on October 21, 1998.   Options  granted pursuant to the
Repricing  vest over  a  four-year period,  with  25%  of  the  options becoming
exercisable  in each year commencing one  year after  the date of  the Repricing
and will expire ten years after the Repricing.
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1997 Stock Compensation Program

     In May 1997,  the Company  adopted the  Barringer  1997 Stock  Compensation
Program (the "Stock Compensation  Program") in order to promote the interests of
the Company,  its direct and indirect  present and future  subsidiaries  and its
stockholders  by providing  eligible  persons with the opportunity to acquire an
ownership interest,  or to increase their ownership interest,  in the Company as
an  incentive to remain in the service of the  Company.  The Stock  Compensation
Program authorizes the granting of incentive stock options,  non-qualified stock
options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares and stock bonus awards to
employees and consultants of the Company and its  subsidiaries,  including those
employees  serving as  officers  or  directors  of the  Company  (the  "Employee
Plans").  The Stock Compensation Program also authorizes automatic option grants
to directors  who are not  otherwise  employed by the Company (the  "Independent
Director  Plan").  In connection with the Stock 

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Compensation Program,  600,000 shares of Common Stock are reserved for issuance,
of which up to 500,000  shares may be issued under the Employee  Plans and up to
100,000  shares may be issued under the  Independent  Director  Plan.  The Stock
Compensation Program is administered by the Executive Compensation Committee.

     Options and awards granted under the Stock Compensation Program may have an
exercise  or  payment  price  as  established  by  the  Executive   Compensation
Committee;  provided that the exercise price of incentive  stock options granted
under  the  Employee  Plans may not be less  than the fair  market  value of the
underlying  shares on the date of grant.  Options  granted under the Independent
Director Plan must have an exercise  price equal to the fair market value of the
underlying shares on the date of grant.

     Unless otherwise provided at the date of grant, no option or award may vest
within  one year of the date of grant and no  option  or award may be  exercised
more than 10 years from the date of grant. Options granted under the Independent
Director  Plan  vest one year  following  the date of grant  and  expire  if not
exercised on or before the fifth anniversary thereof. Unless otherwise specified
by the Executive Compensation Committee, options and awards (other than pursuant
to the Independent  Director Plan) vest in four equal installments on the first,
second,  third and  fourth  anniversaries  of the date of grant.  Vesting of any
option or award granted under the Stock Compensation  Program may be accelerated
in certain circumstances,  including upon the occurrence of a "Change in Control
Event" (as defined in the Stock Compensation Program).

     Options  and  awards  granted  under the  Stock  Compensation  Program  are
nontransferable,  except  by will or by the laws of  descent  and  distribution.
However,  the  Executive  Compensation  Committee  may permit the recipient of a
non-incentive  stock option granted under the Employee Plans and options granted
under the Independent Director Plan to transfer the option to a family member or
a trust  created for the  benefit of family  members.  During the  lifetime of a
participant,  an option may be exercised only by the  participant or a permitted
transferee.  In the event that a participant's  employment or service terminates
as a result of death, all vested awards are paid to the participant's  estate by
the Company and the  participant's  estate or any permitted  transferee  has the
right to  exercise  vested  options  for a period  ending on the  earlier of the
expiration  dates of such  options  or one year from the date of  death.  If the
participant's  employment  or service  terminates as a result of retirement or a
"disability" (as set forth in the Stock Compensation Program), all vested awards
are paid to the  participant by the Company and the participant or any permitted
transferee  has the right to exercise  vested options for a period ending on the
earlier  of the  expiration  dates of such  options or one year from the date of
termination.  If the participant's  employment or service  terminates for cause,
all options  and awards  will  automatically  expire  upon  termination.  If the
participant's  employment or service terminates other than as a result of death,
disability,  retirement or termination for cause,  the participant has the right
to collect all vested awards  immediately  and the  participant or any permitted
transferee  has the right to exercise  vested options for a period ending on the
earlier of the  expiration  dates of such  options or awards or 30 days from the
date  of   termination,   subject  to  extension  at  the   discretion   of  the
Administrator,  or three  months  from the  date of  termination  in the case of
options  granted  pursuant to the Independent  Director Plan. In all cases,  any
unvested options or awards terminate as of the date of termination of employment
or service.

     The Stock Compensation Program will terminate on February 28,  2007, unless
earlier  terminated  by the Board of  Directors.  No  options  or awards  may be
granted under the Stock  Compensation  Program after its  termination;  however,
termination of the Stock Compensation  Program will not affect the status of any
option or award outstanding on the date of termination.

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          Prior to the Repricing,  stock options exercisable for an aggregate of
403,700 shares of Common Stock were outstanding under the Employee Plans.  These
options  expire  10 years  after the date of grant  and had a  weighted  average
exercise price of $10.57 per share.  Such options were  exercisable  annually in
25%  increments  beginning with the first  anniversary of the date of grant.  In
connection  with the Repricing,  263,700 of such options,  certain of which were
vested and presently exercisable,  were canceled and new options exercisable for
an aggregate of 263,700  shares of Common  Stock were  granted.  The new options
expire 10 years after the date of grant and have an exercise  price of $6.19 per
share. Such options vest over a four-year period and are exercisable annually in
25%  increments  beginning with the first  anniversary of the date of grant.  In
addition, prior to the Repricing, options exercisable for an aggregate of 24,000
shares of Common Stock were  outstanding  under the  Independent  Director Plan.
These  were  exercisable  one year from the date of grant,  were to expire  five
years from the date of grant and had a weighted average exercise price of $12.83
per share.  In connection  with the Repricing,  all of such options,  certain of
which were  vested and  presently  exercisable,  were  canceled  and new options
exercisable  for an  aggregate  of 24,000  shares of Common  Stock were  granted
outside the 1997 Stock  Compensation  Program.  The new options  expire 10 years
after the date of grant and have an  exercise  price of $6.19  per  share.  Such
options  vest  over a  four-year  period  and are  exercisable  annually  in 25%
increments beginning with the first anniversary of the date of grant.

Exercise Program

     In connection with the options granted by the Company to its employees, the
Board of Directors has approved a stock option  exercise  program (the "Exercise
Program").  The Exercise  Program  permits all  employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries  who are granted  stock  options  (pursuant to either  qualified or
non-qualified  plans) to finance  the  exercise  of such  options by causing the
Company to issue the shares  underlying such options upon receipt by the Company
from the employee of a full-recourse demand note evidencing  indebtedness to the
Company in an amount equal to the exercise price. Such loans,  which are secured
by the underlying  shares of Common Stock, are  interest-free  for one year from
the date on which the employee exercises his or her option, after which interest
accrues at the prime rate, which rate is changed  monthly.  The loans are repaid
with a portion of the proceeds  from the sale of the Common Stock to be received
by the  employees  upon the  exercise  of their  options.  As of March 1,  1999,
Messrs.  Binder and Wood were indebted to the Company in the approximate amounts
of $277,000 and $13,050,  respectively, for loans made pursuant to the  Exercise
Program. During 1998,  the  largest  aggregate amount of indebtedness of Messrs.
Binder and Wood pursuant  to such loans were $272,525 and $13,050, respectively.
The  rate  of interest  charged  on  each such loan  during  1998 was the  prime
lending  rate charged by Summit Bank.

Stock Purchase Program

     In December 1998, the Company sold an aggregate of 153,000 shares of Common
Stock held in the treasury to the senior  executive  officers of the Company and
certain of the Company's independent directors at a purchase price of $8.375 per
share,  the  closing  price  of the  Common  Stock  on  the  date  of the  sale.
Substantially  all of the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock sold was
paid  in  the  form  of  five-year  non-recourse  promissory  notes  aggregating
approximately  $1.3 million  secured by pledges of the underlying  Common Stock.
The notes bear  interest  at a rate of 4.52% per annum.  In  January  1999,  the
Company  sold an  additional  10,000  shares of Common  Stock to Ms.  Lavet at a
purchase price of $9.75 per share,  the closing price of the Common Stock on the
date of sale. The consideration  paid by Ms. Lavet was substantially the same as
described above,  except that Ms. Lavet's note bears interest at a rate of 4.64%
per  annum.  The  number  of shares of  Common  Stock  purchased  by each of the
individuals  and  the  principal  amount  of the  notes  due  from  each  of the
individuals is set forth below.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                        Number of               Principal amount
         Name                        shares purchased              of notes

<S>                                       <C>                      <C>     
 Stanley S. Binder                        50,000                   $418,250
 John H. Davies                           20,000                    167,300
 Kenneth S. Wood                          23,000                    192,395
 Richard S. Rosenfeld                     20,000                    167,300
 John D. Abernathy                        10,000                     83,650
 Richard D. Condon                        10,000                     83,650
 James C. McGrath                         10,000                     83,650

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 John J. Harte                            10,000                     83,650
 Lorraine M. Lavet                        10,000                     97,400
 
</TABLE>

Employment Agreements

     The Company has entered  into a  five-year  employment  agreement  with Mr.
Binder,   the  President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  the  Company  (the
"Employment  Agreement"),  effective  January  1,  1998.  Under  the  Employment
Agreement Mr. Binder  received a base salary of $250,000 for 1998. Mr.  Binder's
salary is subject to certain adjustments and to periodic increases as determined
by the Board of Directors.  In addition, Mr. Binder is entitled to receive up to
a total of three special bonuses during the term of the Employment Agreement, in
the amount of $65,000, $65,000 and $70,000,  respectively, in the event that the
Company's  EBITDA (as  defined in the  Employment  Agreement),  exceeds  certain
targeted  amounts  for  any  fiscal  year  during  the  term  of the  Employment
Agreement.  Mr.  Binder  received  the first of these  special  bonuses in 1998.
Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr. Binder is also entitled to participate
in the  Company's  cash bonus plan and to  participate  in the SERP Plan.  Also,
under the terms of the Employment Agreement,  in 1997, Mr. Binder received stock
options  covering  50,000  shares of Common  Stock  having an exercise  price of
$11.78 per share (equal to the fair market  value on the date of grant).  In the
Employment  Agreement,  the Company has agreed to maintain a $1.0  million  term
life  insurance  policy for Mr.  Binder's  benefit.  Mr.  Binder is  entitled to
several perquisites, including a car allowance and reimbursement for the cost of
certain financial planning services.

     In the event that  Mr. Binder's  employment  is  terminated  pursuant  to a
Without Cause  Termination,  or Mr. Binder  terminates  his  employment for Good
Reason (as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreement),  Mr. Binder will
be entitled to a severance  payment  equal to 2.99 times his  then-current  base
salary and to certain other severance benefits. In addition, upon the occurrence
of a  Change  in  Control  Event  (as such  term is  defined  in the  Employment
Agreement),  Mr. Binder  has the right to terminate  his  employment  within 180
days, in which event the  termination  will be treated as a termination for Good
Reason with the effects specified above. In addition,  the Company has agreed to
pay  Mr. Binder  additional  amounts,  if  necessary,  to  pay  any  excise  tax
Mr. Binder may become subject to in the event that any payment made to him under
the Employment  Agreement  constitutes an "excess parachute  payment" within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     Pursuant  to the  Employment  Agreement,  Mr. Binder  has agreed to certain
confidentiality, work-for-hire and non-competition covenants.

     The Company has entered into three-year  employment agreements with each of
Messrs. Wood  and  Rosenfeld  effective  September  1, 1998,  pursuant  to which
Messrs. Wood  and  Rosenfeld  receive  annual  base  salaries  of  $150,000  and
$125,000,  respectively,  subject to periodic increases at the discretion of the
Board of  Directors,  and are  entitled  to  participate  in any cash bonus plan
maintained by the Company and to participate in the SERP Plan. In the employment
agreements,  the Company has agreed to maintain term life insurance policies for
the  benefit of each of them in an amount  not less than four  times Mr.  Wood's
base  salary and not less than three  times Mr.  Rosenfeld's  base  salary.  The
employment  agreements  for each of Messrs.  Wood and Rosenfeld  provide,  among
other things,  that, in the event of a termination  of employment by the Company
without  cause,  the  employee  will be entitled to receive a severance  payment
equal to his then  current  base  salary for a period of twelve  months from the
effective  date of such  termination.  In the event  that  Messrs.  Wood  and/or
Rosenfeld are terminated  pursuant to a Without Cause Termination (as defined in
the employment agreements), they are entitled to receive their base salary as in
effect at the time of such  termination  for a period of twelve  months from the
effective date of such termination. Upon the occurrence of a "change in control"
of the  Company,  the  employee  will be  entitled to receive the greater of his
annual base salary  pursuant to the  employment  agreement  or his then  current
annual base salary for the remainder of the term (payable in a single lump sum).
Both  of  the  employment  agreements  also  contain  certain   confidentiality,
work-for-hire and non-competition  provisions which continue in effect following
the termination of the employee's employment by the Company.

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Directors' Compensation

     Outside  directors are entitled to an annual retainer of $3,000 per quarter
(plus a $500 quarterly fee for each committee  chairperson)  and a fee of $1,000
for  each  meeting  attended  and  $500  for  each  committee  meeting  attended
(regardless of whether or not the committee meeting is held on the same day as a
meeting  of the Board of  Directors).  Pursuant  to the terms of the 1997  Stock
Compensation Program, each director who has not been a full-time employee of the
Company or any subsidiary for at least the prior 12 months receives an option to
purchase  3,000  shares of Common Stock each year on the earlier of (i) the date
of the Company's annual meeting of stockholders, or (ii) June 1. Options granted
to such  directors  under the 1997 Stock  Compensation  Program have an exercise
price  equal to the fair  market  value per  share as of the date of grant.  See
"1997 Stock Compensation Program."

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

     The   Company's   Executive   Compensation   Committee   is   comprised  of
Messrs. Abernathy,  Condon,  Harte and  McGrath.  No  executive  officer  of the
Company and no member of the Executive Compensation Committee is a member of any
other business  entity that has an executive  officer that sits on the Company's
Board or on the Executive Compensation Committee.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

     Under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the Company's directors, executive
officers,  and persons  holding  more than ten percent of the  Company's  Common
Stock are required to report their  initial  ownership of the  Company's  Common
Stock  and  any  changes  in  such  ownership  to the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission.  These  persons are also required to furnish the Company with a copy
of all Section  16(a) forms they file.  The Company is obligated to disclose any
failures to, on a timely basis, file such reports.  To the Company's  knowledge,
based solely on a review of such reports and any  amendments  thereto which have
been  furnished  to the  Company, except  as  set forth  below,  the Company has
not  identified  any reports required to be filed during the year ended December
31, 1998 that was not filed in a timely  manner.  Mr. Davies did not timely file
a Form 4 in  connection  with  his purchase of 20,000 shares  of Common Stock on
December 10, 1998.

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                              SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934,  the  registrant  has duly caused this  amendment  to its
Annual  Report  on Form 10-K to be  signed  on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.

                                           BARRINGER TECHNOLOGIES INC.

                                           By: /s/ Stanley S. Binder  
                                              ---------------------------
                                              Stanley S. Binder, Chairman
                                              and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: April 8, 1999