Dec 6 2011 --- GLG Life Tech Corporation, the vertically-integrated leader in the agricultural and commercial development of high quality stevia and all natural and zero calorie food and beverage products, announces the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has issued a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Letter of No Objection for GLG’s high purity stevia extract, Rebpure RA95(Filing No. GRN000380), which contains greater than 95% Rebaudioside A (RA)  and 97% of steviol glycosides.

The GRAS process is a legal and FDA-approved process that allows companies to conduct their own GRAS determinations by consulting with an independent panel of scientists to determine if an ingredient meets the FDA’s criteria for safety. To ensure even further confidence in its products, GLG has submitted its dossier to the FDA for review which has resulted in this Letter of No Objection.

Dr. Luke Zhang, Chairman and CEO of GLG stated, “We had previously received three Letters of No Objection for our high-purity stevia extracts: the RebPure 97, the PureSTV and BlendSure.  With this fourth letter, we now have a letter of no objection to support our RebPure 95 product.  These four letters from the FDA also affirms our long-term commitment to provide our customers with the highest quality standards of stevia extracts in the United States and around the world and positions GLG as the only company in the world to produce high purity RA, STV and BlendSure products backed by the requisite letters of no objection from the FDA. Rebaudioside A (RA) and Stevioside (STV) are the two major components from the stevia plant and the GLG R&D and production teams have been working on know-how technologies and patents to produce high purity RA and STV as well as the blend of RA and STV stevia extracts since 2001.  These four letters will allow our RA, STV and BlendSure stevia extracts to be utilized in many of our AN0C beverage and foods. We have found that the FDA GRAS standard is respected in many of our key international markets including South America and Asia and we will therefore be able to further leverage this key achievement in our international markets.”