As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi Division of the Investigation Department of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, detained an employee of LEPL National Food Agency of Imereti Regional Division on the fact of bribe-taking.

Investigation determined that the accused person, in exchange for bribe, without going through the obligatory veterinary and sanitary procedures, provided by the law, in the animal slaughterhouse, and without checking the suitability of the meat product, issued a forged veterinary certificate to a citizen.

Investigation is underway under the first part of Article 338, of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which envisages imprisonment from 6 to 9 years.