Kvari Mountain, a state-funded milk processing cooperative in Tianeti Municipality, has introduced Intl’ Food Safety Standard

The agricultural cooperative “Kvari Mountain”, within the framework of the technical assistance program of the Rural Development Agency, has introduced a system of hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) in the dairy processing plant, state co-financing 90% percent, 13,500 GEL. 

The enterprise, with a production capacity of 1.5 tons per day, provides modern technologies for the production of high-quality dairy products, including the traditional product Dambalkhacho. The products are sold in the local market.

Tornike Kapanadze, Head of the Project Management and Technical Assistance Department of the Rural Development Agency and Levan Tsiklauri, Mayor of Tianeti, got acquainted with the working process in the dairy enterprise. 

“Rural Development Agency projects cover all components of the value chain, including facilitating access to one of the global markets. For this purpose, a technical assistance program is being implemented, one of the most significant parts of which is the introduction of international standards and systems for food safety, “- said Tornike Kapanadze, Head of the Project Management and Technical Assistance Department of the Rural Development Agency.

According to Tianeti Mayor Levan Tsiklauri, the projects supported by the state programs are a motivation for the local population to get involved in the programs themselves and receive funding.

The agricultural cooperative, which has been operating in Tianeti Municipality since 2016, unites 19 shareholders. As part of the state support programs for agricultural cooperatives, the agricultural cooperative was provided with milk production-processing production equipment and agricultural equipment worth GEL 235,000; The cooperative received a 302-hectare pasture with a 25-year lease.