The Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Kakha Kakabadze and the Deputy Head of the National Food Agency of Georgia Giorgi Iakobashvili paid a working visit to the USA. 

The visit, during which the meetings were held along with the Senior Director of the International Food Assistance Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Shane Danielson and the heads of the European, Asian, African and Middle Eastern departments of the Department of Foreign Trade, was planned at the invitation of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

"We discussed the issues of cooperation between Georgia and the USA and the development of international trade. Also, we got acquainted with the risks related to the export and import of the USA and the methodology of their reduction", said Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Kakha Kakabadze.

The members of the Georgian delegation arrived at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, where they got acquainted with the specifics of controlling the import of risky food.