Days After Global Protest Japan Halts Purchase of U.S. Wheat After Rogue Monsanto Strain Found in OR

[flamingdem]

http://planetwaves.net/pagetwo/daily-astrology/japan-halts-purchase-of-u-s-wheat-after-rogue-monsanto-strain-found-in-oregon/

Not sure about the article source but this is interesting. Even a country riddled with nuke radiation is rejecting Monsanto!

Days After Worldwide Protest, Japan Halts Purchase of all U.S. Wheat After Rogue Monsanto Strain Found in Oregon

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries canceled its plan to buy 24,926 tons of western-white wheat from the U.S. Thursday after the discovery of genetically modified wheat in an Oregon field.
The wheat is a strain that had been field-tested by Monsanto from 1998-2005, which withdrew its application for approval when it became clear international buyers would likely avoid GMO wheat. Because the wheat has not been approved by the federal government, it’s illegal to grow or sell.

The wheat discovered in Oregon was bred to resist glyphosate, the key ingredient of Roundup.

The U.S. is the world’s largest wheat exporter.

“This will have an impact worldwide, because our trading partners do not want genetically modified wheat,” Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union in New York, said in an interview. “This crop may be safe to eat, or it may not be. We don’t know because we haven’t done the proper scrutiny.”

[iemitsu]

1. “This crop may be safe to eat, or it may not be. We don’t know because we haven’t done

the proper scrutiny.". Then why did 70 US senators vote to keep states from requiring GMO labeling on foods?
I hope no one will buy Monsanto's franken-foods so that producing them becomes unprofitable. Monsanto's voluntary removal, of GMOs, from the marketplace is the only way Americans will be able to avoid eating them.

[Cha]

2. Good! thanks flamingdem