日本明治制果公司利用生物工程技术在日本首先开发除草剂。最近,获农林水产省准许作为生产非食用物质地的农药使用。这种除草剂的商品名为“明治哈毕埃丝”,预定还要向农水省申请准许作为果树、疏菜等生产食用物质地的农药使用。这种除草剂主要成份是一种抗生物质,从福井县的土壤分离出一种放线菌, Meiji Confectionery Company, Japan, uses bioengineering technology to develop herbicides first in Japan. Recently, it was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for use as a pesticide for the production of non-food substances. The herbicide, which is marketed under the trade name Meiji Haebisi, is also intended to apply to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for permission to use pesticides for the production of edible materials such as fruit trees and vegetables. The main ingredient of this herbicide is an anti-biomass, isolated from the soil in Fukui Prefecture, an actinomycete,