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Thu 05 May 2004Concern at EU Commission's approval of GM sweet cornA Dáil committee has voiced concern that the EU Commission approved for sale a form of genetically engineered maize without any discussion of the issue in either house of the Oireachtas. It has sought legal opinion about the lawfulness of such decisions made by an unelected body.Mr Michael Mulcahy TD, yesterday presented a motion on the issue to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs. He later temporarily withdrew the motion until the committee's sub-committee on European scrutiny could receive a legal view from its EU parliamentary advisor. His concerns, echoed by sub-committee members at the meeting, related to the Commission's approval last week of a new form of genetically modified sweet corn known as Bt-11 maize.