The members of the employers' association met with Levan Davitashvili

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Levan Davitashvili: "Close cooperation with the business sector helps to raise actual issues and make effective decisions" The Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili met with representatives of more than 100 companies at the meeting held at the initiative of the employers' association. Current and planned activities and new regulations were discussed at the meeting. "We regularly meet with representatives of the business sector. The mandate of the Ministry covers many directions, therefore, the questions that businesses have are important to us. At today's meeting, we discussed the new labeling rule, which involves informing the consumer as much as possible about food," said Levan Davitashvili. At the meeting, attention was focused on the regulation related to waste management, which refers to the banning of plastic bags. The participants also discussed the new regulation related to the food labeling rules. As the Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture noted, close cooperation with the business sector helps to raise current issues and make effective decisions. "At today's meeting, we discussed the results that were recorded last year in relation to agricultural projects. Also, the legal requirements that become mandatory were relevant. We heard information about the new initiatives and projects that the Ministry has. The promotion of bio-production is particularly noteworthy, which is relevant all over the world, and it is important that a specific program was developed in the Ministry in this direction", said the chairman of the employers' association, Elguja Meladze. The meeting was held within the framework of the "Business dialogue with the government" program of the employers' association. The Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture answered the questions of the representatives of the business sector.