Armenia and Georgia discussed current issues of food safety control

ArmInfo. As part of cooperation between Armenia and Georgia in the fields of food safety, veterinary medicine, and phytosanitary, a meeting was held in Tbilisi between Giorgi Yakobashvili, Head of the National Food Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, and Tigran Petrosyan, Head of the Food Safety Inspectorate of Armenia.

According to the agency's press service, the meeting discussed current issues related to improving the effectiveness of food safety, phytosanitary, veterinary medicine, and veterinary public health controls, as well as at border crossings, with an emphasis on the need to tighten inspections of imported and exported goods, especially in the context of increased trade turnover ahead of the New Year holidays.

The parties discussed issues related to the export of Armenian plant and animal products to Georgia, as well as transit through Georgia to other countries, and the effectiveness of measures to combat quarantine pests in both countries.

The parties emphasized the need for further expansion cooperation in areas of mutual interest.