date:Aug 01, 2013
Japan is set to to resume the purchase of US western white wheat, a development which will lift a two-month ban on the grain that was imposed after an unapproved genetically modified (GM) trait was discovered in a single field in Oregon, earlier this year.
The US Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) announced that Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will soon resume tenders for new purchases of the US Western White and soft white