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Article: GLG Life Tech Corporation Announces Rebaudioside A Stevia Extract is Approved in France.
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- September 9, 2009
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 9, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX:GLG) ("GLG" or the "Company"), the vertically integrated leader in the agricultural and industrial development of high quality stevia extracts, is pleased to announce the approval in France of Rebaudioside A stevia extract for use in food and beverages. The French Government's approval was made after a review of the safety of Rebaudioside A by the Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliment (AFFSA) was first published in June 2009. This approval is the first for a European Union market and allows the food and beverage industry to sweeten products with rebiana, high ...