Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Japan blocks U.S. wheat after Monsanto GMO strain found growing wild

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/31/japan-blocks-u-s-wheat-after-monsanto-gmo-strain-found-growing-wild/
Japan has suspended imports of some US wheat after genetically engineered crops were found on an Oregon farm, a government official said Friday.
Tokyo’s move came as the European Union told its member states to test imports from the area, saying any genetically modified wheat would not be sold to consumers.
Japan’s farm ministry on Thursday cancelled a bid for 25,000 tonnes of Western White, a soft white wheat produced in the Pacific northwest, a ministry official said, in the wake of the discovery of the modified wheat.

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