Consumer groups are concerned about exposing Indian consumers to genetically modified Bt brinjal, even as the government is considering grant of approval to Mahyco to commercially launch the GM food this year. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), the national regulatory authority for GM foods, has set up a special committee to study Mahyco’s biosafety data from nine years of research on Bt brinjal. It is set to give its verdict soon.