Cereals Canada is assuring customers of Canadian wheat that there is no commercial production of genetically modified wheat in Canada.

On Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) revealed they have found a handful of wheat plants along an access road in southern Alberta that contain Monsanto's glyphosate-tolerant GM trait.

As a result, Japan has temporarily suspended wheat shipments from Canada.

The plants were discovered last summer next to an isolated access road.

The CFIA has not found any evidence that plants containing the unapproved genetically modified trait have been grown in commercial wheat fields in Canada.

The Canadian Grain Commission’s active monitoring program has found no evidence of this event in Canadian wheat shipments and there is no evidence that this event has entered either food or feed chains.

There are no genetically modified wheat varieties registered for commercial production in Canada or any other country.