GLG Life Tech Corporation Announces FDA Issuance of Two Letters of no Objection for BlendSure(TM) and PureSTV(TM) Stevia Extracts

VANCOUVER, B.C., July 18, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GLG Life Tech Corporation (Nasdaq:GLGL) (TSX:GLG) ("GLG" or the "Company"), 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 & GRN000349) for GLG's high purity stevia extracts: PureSTV™ (Filing No. GRN000348) and BlendSure™ (Filing No. GRN000349). These high purity extracts both contain greater than 95% steviol glycosides.