Citizens volunteer group "GMO Information Service Japan" that worried about the genetically modified announced on December 14 that it detected the rapeseed, the soybean, and the corn of the genetically modified in the vicinity of the wharf of the Shimizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture where the import grains are unloaded .
The group executed the investigation on December 6.
The group detected the herbicide
Roundup Tolerant Rapeseed
three stocks of the US agri-chemical company the
Monsanto
Co. from the rapeseed that grew naturally the road sideward of the wharf according to the investigation result.
In addition, the group detected Roundup Tolerant Soybean of the Monsanto Co..
The group detected the protein made from the harmful insect resistance gene from corn.
However, the group was not able to specify the company that had manufactured the genetically modified corn.
The group is confirming the natural growth in Cashima of Ibaraki Prefecture, the Yokohama port in Kanagawa Prefecture, the Nagoya port in the aichi prefecture, the Yokkaichi port in Mie Prefecture, the Kobe port in Hyogo Prefecture, and the Hakata port in Fukuoka Prefecture over the GM rapeseed.