Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat after GMO wheat found in Alberta

CORRECTION: It was not, as the story claims, found in grain a few wheat plants were found. All of the grain in storage was subsequently tested for the GM wheat and there was non present.

Good ! Rid the world of all this GMO garbage

As a proud Canadian it hurts me to admit that I'm 100% on the Japanese side for this one.

But Always Choose Wheat Over Flour.

Losing Japanese buyers, who pay a premium for high-quality, high-protein wheat, hurts Canada and creates opportunities for U.S. and Australian wheat exporters, Dahl said.

No good news for Canadian farmers at the moment but as these cases are often storage and audit problems pretty easy to overcome. Canada is a major supplier of for example non-GMO soybeans to Europe and a full trade war will not create opportunities for US farmers but for the Canadians. Just get your auditing in order.

Canada's auditing is in great shape. Canada conducts audits of herbicide resistance across the 3 prairie provinces on a rotating basis. The audit was done in Alberta during the 2017 growing season and no other GM wheat was discovered besides these few plants which may have grown from seeds passed through a goose migrating north from the US. All grain deliveries to elevators are sampled and the Canadian Grain Commission and private testers test all grain at ports. No GM wheat has been found in any shipments. Importers should be reassured that the tractability system in Canada is a guarantee.

Looks like more things coming from south of the border that Canada doesn’t want!

Canada's auditing is in great shape. Canada conducts audits of herbicide resistance across the 3 prairie provinces on a rotating basis. The audit was done in Alberta during the 2017 growing season and no other GM wheat was discovered besides these few plants which may have grown from seeds passed through a goose migrating north from the US. All grain deliveries to elevators are sampled and the Canadian Grain Commission and private testers test all grain at ports. No GM wheat has been found in any shipments. Importers should be reassured that the tractability system in Canada is a guarantee.

Ah sooo, the US Goose Force after receiving a message from their Commander-in Chief 'release your load on enemy fields' :)