Animal and Plant Health Inspection workers discovered genetically engineered wheat plants growing in an unplanted field in Washington State. The agency notified the National Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates and Steve Mercer says a farmer discovered the GE plants in a fallowed field he was cleaning up.

He says none of those plants entered any U.S. commercial supplies, and there are no safety concerns with the discovery.

Since 2013, Japan and Korea have tested for biotech wheat but have not found any problems in U.S. exports.

Samples of the wheat plants found in Washington State were sent to the USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service Lab in Kansas City, Missouri and the USDA Agricultural Research Lab in Pullman, Washington for testing and confirmation.