Glyphosate Test Series 1
ver.190731aJapan Family Farmers Movement(NOUMINREN)
Nouminren Food Research Laboratory

Study on Glyphosate residue
in wheat products in Japan (2019)Japan annually imports about 5.3 million tons of wheat from the United States, Australia, Canada,and France. The results of the inspection by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries onthe shipment from 2008 to today shows over 90% of wheat from the United States and almost allfrom Canada contain Glyphosate residue (Table 1).

Our daily life is flooded with food made from imported wheat. Nonetheless, we have no clear ideaabout how much glyphosate remains in the wheat products we eat every day. Thus, this survey wasconducted to identify the frequency of the Glyphosate detection and its concentration. The resultshows that glyphosate can be detected even in our common wheat products.
Table.1 Glyphosate residue in imported wheatNo. ofTested

No. ofPositiveDetection(%)

No. of exceeded
MRLUSA

139

135

970

Australia

376160Canada7575

1000France152130* Analyzed by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2017, “Results of analysis of residual pesticides of riceand wheat”, http://www.maff.go.jp/j/syouan/nouan/kome/k_beibaku/

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Table.2 Pesticide Residue in Wheat Products (2019)
Product name

Type

Manufacture
Tomizawaco.,Ltd.
Kellogs Japan
Co.

Wheat Prd.

Glyphosate(ppm)

AMPA(ppm)

Japan

N.D.

N.D.

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

1

Hokkaido Whole Wheat
Flour HARUYOKOI

Whole wheat
flour

2

Allbran fruits mix

Cereal

3

Pasta

Pasta

ASAHI Co.

Canada0.09

N.D.

4

Whole Wheat Flour 100%for beard

Tomizawaco.,Ltd.

Canada etc.

1.05

Tr

5

Whole Wheat Flour(hard)

Whole wheatflour
Whole wheatflour

0.88

Tr

6

Durum wheat flour

Wheat flour

0.03

N.D.

7

Pasta Ohmy 1.7mm

Pasta

Unknown

0.07

N.D.

8

GABAN BlackSpaghetti

Pasta

Unknown

0.11

N.D.

9

Pasta

Pasta

Canada

N.D.

N.D.

10

Wheat Flour(soft)

Wheat flour

Unknown

0.02

not tested

11

Wheat Flour(hard)

Wheat flour

Unknown

0.37

N.D.

12

Wheat Flour(for TENPURA) Wheat flour

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

13

Nissin Whole WheatFlour(bread)

Whole wheatflour

Unknown

1.1

N.D.

14

Nissin Wheat Flour(soft)

Wheat flour

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

15

Nissin Wheat Flour(forcooking)Wheat flour

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

16

Nissin Camellia WheatFlour(hard)

Wheat flour

Nisshin Foods
Co., Ltd.

Unknown

0.09

N.D.

17

CGC Wheat Flour(soft)

Wheat flour

NIPPN

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

18

Lowson select Wheat
Flour(soft)

Wheat flour

NIPPN

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

19

Nissin Wheat Flour(forTEMPURA)

Wheat flour

Nisshin Foods
Co., Ltd.

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

20

Seven eleven WheatFlour(for TEMPURA)

Wheat flour

NIPPN

Unknown

N.D.

N.D.

21

Hokkaido Whole Wheat
Flour HARUYOKOI

Whole wheatflour

Japan

N.D.

N.D.

22

Canada Wheat Flour(hard)

Wheat Flour

Tomizawaco.,Ltd.
Showa Sangyo
Co., Ltd.

Canada

0.17

N.D.

23

Ohmy Wheat Flour(hard)

Wheat Flour

NIPPN

Unknown

0.18

N.D.

24

Whole Wheat Flour fromSATOYAMA

Whole wheatflour

Porano farm

Japan

N.D.

N.D.

Canada andUSA
Canada andPioneer Co.,Ltd.
USA
Pioneer Co.,Ltd.

NIPPN
GABAN
Co.,Ltd.
CORNO
Co.,Ltd.
Okumoto Flour
Milling Co., Ltd.
NIPPN
Showa SangyoCo., Ltd.
Nisshin Foods
Co., Ltd.
Nisshin Foods
Co., Ltd.
Nisshin Foods
Co., Ltd.

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Table.3 Pesticide Residue in Bread(2019)
Product name

Manufacture

Lot.

Glyphosate(ppm)

AMPA(ppm)

1

Bread
Haruno Megumi(Wholeflour)

Pasco Shikishima Co.

P2 /DBH

0.15

N.D.

2

Bread
Double Soft(Whole flour)

Yamazaki Baking Co.,Ltd.

YZM
F B

0.18

N.D.

3

Bread
Whole flour DoomYamazaki Baking
Co.,Ltd.Group

0.17

N.D.

4

Whole flour bread
Kenko ShikouMaruju Co,.Ltd.

0.23

N.D.

5BreadDouble Soft(Normal)

Yamazaki Baking Co.,Ltd.

YS2

0.10

N.D.

6

Bread
Yamazaki Chou Houjun

Yamazaki Baking Co.,Ltd.

YM10.07

N.D.

7

Bread
Pasco ChouJuku

Pasco Shikishima Co.

P3 /
BYG

0.07

N.D.

8

Bread
Pasco ChouJuku(Japanesewheat)

Pasco Shikishima Co.

P1 /
EWP

N.D.

N.D.

9

Bread
Honzikomi

Ito-Yokado Co,.Ltd.
Kami-Itabashi+FMU

0.07

N.D.

10

Bread
Asakara Sakkuri Pan

Tobu Store Maenocho

TE/DTG

0.08

Tr

11BreadJapanese Wheat

Maruma Pan Co.

-N.D.

N.D.

12BreadOrganic Wheat Bread

Sachsen Co./TOTHO COOP-N.D.

N.D.

13BreadJapanese(Tokachi) Wheat
Bread

Sachsen Co./TOTHO COOP-N.D.

N.D.

14

Snack Bread
AMPANMAN Mini Bread

Ito-Yokado Co,.Ltd.
Kami-Itabashi

+FCH

0.05

N.D.

15

Snack Bread
AMPANMAN Mini Bread(banana)

Tobu Store Maenocho+FCH

Tr

N.D.

MethodLC-MS/MS : Nexera XR / Shimadzu LCMS -8050 / ESI / MRM
Column：InertSustain C18(metal free column) 3um, 2.1x150mm
LOQ : Glyphosate 0.01 mg/kg, AMPA 0.5 mg/kg

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The establishment of the WTO in 1995 further pushed Japan toopen its agricultural market and import more food, with a serious
impact on the safety of food and agriculture.
Under this circumstance, as an institution independent from thegovernment and corporations, NOUMINREN (Japan FamilyFarmers Movement) Food Research Laboratory on May 20, 1996
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