SEOUL: South Korea has not detected any genetically modified wheat in tests on imports of wheat and flour from Washington state, after the discovery of unapproved GM wheat in the U.S. state prompted Japan and South Korea to suspend certain U.S. imports.
South Korea, the fifth largest market for U.S. wheat, had suspended clearance of U.S. wheat for food use and stepped up quarantine measures for U.S. milling and feed wheat shipments in the wake of the U.S. GMO wheat discovery last week. Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said in a statement on Friday it had tested imports of wheat and flour from the state of Washington after receiving a GM wheat testing method from the United States on Aug.1.
