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BackeryandSnacks.com spoke to Toru Hisazome, deputy director of Grain Trade and Operations Division at Japan's Ministry of Agriculture today.
He said a request had been placed with the US government for more in-depth information, but so far none has been supplied beyond an official US Department of Agriculture (USDA) statement.
"We need detailed information such as the extent to which GM wheat was grown... on how large the area of GM was."
"The US government say that the GM wheat was grown in the state of Oregon, but we don't have any more information."
Japan needs these updates as soon as possible, he added.
The USDA said it has also worked with Monsanto to develop a GMO detection method that it has made available to trading partners, including Japan. It validated the DNA-based method on June 13.
Hisazome said: "One of the conditions of importing again is that we need to develop a testing method for GM."
He said the USDA had provided Japan with its validated DNA-based testing method, but that the Ministry of Health and Welfare was conducting its own validation of the method before use. This was still underway, he said.