The National Food Agency has found significant violations in Georgia’s food safety sector, identifying an illegal slaughterhouse and multiple cases of non-compliant meat products in Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli and Imereti.
As part of its nationwide campaign to monitor high-risk foods such as meat and meat products, the agency conducted inspections across slaughterhouses, sales outlets and processing facilities. Samples taken from Shida Kartli’s retail network were sent to an accredited laboratory where violations were confirmed.
One case involved frozen kebab produced by New Gemo 2019 LLC (located in Gori, Rustaveli 10), dated August 25, 2025, with an expiration date of October 25, 2025. The company was ordered to withdraw the product from circulation and the agency’s authorized officers supervised its removal from the market.
Additional critical violations were identified at an illegal slaughterhouse in Samtredia (operated by Roin Burkadze) and at a meat outlet in the village of Talaveri, Bolnisi Municipality (operated by Rovshan Gyulmametov). Inspectors found meat from cattle slaughtered without veterinary oversight, lacking the mandatory health marking.
The National Food Agency carried out more than 5,100 state inspections across the country, uncovering 449 violations.
