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What kinds of processed foods are genetically modified crops used in in Japan?

Are soy sauce labels required to show if they use genetically modified soybeans?

Currently in Japan eight genetically modified crops are approved for commercial sale: Soy beans, corn, potatoes, oil-seed rape, cottonseed, alfalfa, sugar beets, and papayas. Processed foods in Japan are made using these crops and sold commercially in the country.