National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (web), JA Zen-Noh, the Japannese biggest producer group of farm products, announced on May 26 that it cancels the cultivation examination to evaluate the biological diversity influence, biosafety or environmental safety examination, of a genetically modified rice plant to be able to expect the effect of the hay fever caused by cedar pollen easing.
JA Zen-Noh explains, "After it had conferred with a related organization such as Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, we decided discontinuance because the voice to worry about the influence on agriculture by the rumor was strong".
On the same day, independent administrative agency National Institute of Agrobiological Science (web) that researched in cooperation with JA Zen-Noh also announced the stopping of cultivation on the homepage.