On August 1st Japan bought 89,579 metric tons of western-white wheat from the U.S. This marks the first purchase since the banning of shipments of the grain on May 30th after an unapproved genetically modified variety of wheat was found in an Oregon wheat field. Japan’s food safety laws ban the sale of foods containing GM crops that have not been approved by the nation’s health ministry. Since May 30th Japan has established a system of checks to detect strains of GM grains before shipment, and will test shipments once again upon arrival in Japan.
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