Order No. 2-155 of 2016 of Minister of Agriculture of Georgia on Charter of Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture

The Order adopts the Charter of the Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia. It consists of 10 articles: General provisions (1); Scope of activities (2); Authority and functions of the Laboratory (3); Management of the Laboratory (4); Structure of the Laboratory (5); Functions of the structural units and territorial bodies of the Laboratory (6); State supervision of the Laboratory (7); Source of financing of the Laboratory (8); Property of the Laboratory (9); and Final provisions (10). According to the Charter, the Laboratory’s functions, among others, include laboratorial diagnostics of animal (i.e. birds, fish, bees) diseases; research of animal and plant-based food, feed, and potable water; testing plant materials and soil samples for plant quarantine and other dangerous organisms; assessment of the risk of an outbreak of a transmissible animal disease; and participating in animal disease quarantine measures.