Japan Ministry of Agriculture Announces Results of Testing for GE Wheat
Report Highlights:
On July 5, 2013, MAFF announced that it had begun testing U.S. Western White wheat for an unapproved genetically engineered (GE) wheat. As the results were negative, Japan began selling its wheat stocks to Japanese industry. The announcement also noted that MAFF tested all library samples covering all classes of U.S. wheat imported between October 2012 and May 2013, and all test results were negative.
General Information:
On July 5, 2013, MAFF announced that it had begun testing U.S. Western White wheat for an unapproved genetically engineered (GE) wheat. As the results were negative, Japan began selling its wheat stocks to Japanese industry. The announcement also noted that MAFF tested all library samples covering all classes of U.S. wheat imported between October 2012 and May 2013, and all test results were negative.
