date:May 31, 2013
ective today, Toru Hisadome, a Japanese farm ministry official in charge of wheat trading, told Reuters.
The world's biggest wheat importer, Egypt, said it had no fears yet over supplies.
The European Union is preparing to test incoming shipments, and will block any containing GM wheat. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures were down around 1 percent.
GM wheat was discovered this spring on a farm in the west coast state of Oregon, in a field that grew winter wheat in 2012. USDA officials said