Head of Department
Giorgi Mikadze
Head of the Primary Structural Unit of the Department of Food Policy
Date of Birth22.12.1967
Education
1988 - 1994
Tbilisi State Medical University
Faculty of Preventive Medicine
Work Experience
11.2025 - Present
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Head of the Primary Structural Unit of the Department of Food Policy
10.2025 - Present
Georgian Technical University
Visiting Professor for the Master’s Program “Food Safety”
10.2021 - 11.2025
LLC “G. Natadze Scientific-Research Institute of Sanitation, Hygiene and Medical Ecology”
Head of the Department of Food Safety and Nutrition
08.2024 - 11.2025
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Head and Instructor of the training course “Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) System Audit”, Center for Continuing Education
06.2020 - 11.2025
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Head of the training course “Recommendations for Food Business Operators on Preventing the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)” at the Center for Continuing Education
11.2019 - 11.2025
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Head and Instructor of the certification course “Food Safety Management – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) System”, Center for Continuing Education
01.2019 - 11.2025
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Head and Instructor of the training course “Food Labeling”, Center for Continuing Education
02.2018 - 11.2025
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Head and Instructor of the certification course “Food Safety”, Center for Continuing Education
07.2024
National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE)
Trainer for Component 4.5 of the Authorization Standard for Kindergartens: “Ensuring Compliance with Sanitary and Hygiene Norms in Kindergartens”
04.2024 - 07.2024
LEPL Agricultural Scientific-Research Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Expert on the “Evaluation, Analysis, and Preparation of Conclusions for Georgian Wheat Varieties“
06.2024
LLC “Todua Clinic” – Nutrition Unit; LLC “Tbilisi Expertise Bureau”
Consultation / Audit
03.2024 - 04. 2024
LEPL National Food Agency, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Trainer for “HACCP Audit Implementation Techniques for Raw Milk Thermal Processing Facilities”
11.2023
Biliki Society
Trainer for “Food Hygiene”, Childcare Program
08.2021 - 06.2023
State Programme of Dairy Modernization and Market Access (DiMMA)
Food Safety Expert
08.2021 - 06.2023
IFAD; GFA
Consultant / Trainer in Food Safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) System
02.2023 - 11.2025
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Instructor for the certification course “Basic Course in Food Nutrition”, Center for Continuing Education
06.2022 - 07.2022
Tbilisi Kindergartens
Trainer for “Food Hygiene; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) System”
04.2022
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Trainer for “Food Labeling Course”
2021 - 2022
G.Natadze Scientific-Research Institute of Sanitation, Hygiene and Medical Ecology
H.Trainer for “Food Safety Management: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) System in Public Catering Establishments”
05.2021 - 09.2021
USDA, LAND O’LAKES VENTURE 37
“Food Safety Expert for the Basic Electronic HACCP Training Course“
04.2021 - 09.2021
USDA, LAND O’LAKES VENTURE 37
“Provision of Food Information to Consumers and Food Labeling”, trainer
10.2016 - 10.2021
USAID, CHEMONICS
Food Safety Expert for the “ZRDA Activity in Georgia” Program
04.2017 - 09.2021
LEPL National Food Agency, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Head of the Food Safety Department
07.2020 - 07.2021
Regional Development Association (N(N)LE) Consultant for “Food Safety Consulting for Business Operators”
10.2016 - 10.2021
USAID, CHEMONICS Consultant/Trainer for “Food Safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) System” under the “ZRDA Activity in Georgia” Program
12.2020
Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) Trainer for “Food Safety Course”
2009 - 2020
Tbilisi State Medical University Visiting Lecturer for the Master’s Program “Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine”
05.2020
Agricultural Development Association Trainer for “Requirements for Honey Production Course”
02.2020
N(N)LE “Center for Consultations and Trainings”
Trainer for “Food Safety Issues”
01.2016 - 04.2017
LEPL National Food Agency, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Head of the Quality Management Department
12.2012 - 12.2015
LEPL National Food Agency, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Head of the Food and Animal Feed Inspection Department
11.2010 - 12.2012
LEPL National Food Agency, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Deputy Head of the Department of Food, Plant-Based Food and Drinking Water Division
09.2007 - 11.2010
National Food Safety, Veterinary, and Plant Protection Service, Ministry of Agriculture
Deputy Head of the Food Safety and Quality Control Division.
2007 - 2008
UNICEF
Project Manager for “Iodized Salt Quality Monitoring”
06.2006 - 09.2007
National Service for Food Safety, Veterinary, and Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture
Head of the Plant-Based Food Control Division, Department of Food Safety and Quality Supervision
05. 2005 - 09.2005
Tbilisi City Hall
Lead Specialist, Industrial Sanitation, Labor, and Public Hygiene Division,Sanitary Inspection Department of the Municipal Service
09.2004 - 05.2005
Tbilisi City Hall
Chief Specialist, State Sanitary Inspection
01.2001 - 09.2004
Vake-Saburtalo Sanitary Inspection, Tbilisi
Chief Specialist-Physician, Subdivision for Public Hygiene, Zonal Department
06.2000 - 01.2001
Vake-Saburtalo Sanitary Inspection, Tbilisi
Lead Specialist-Physician, Subdivision for Public Hygiene, Zonal Department
07.1996 - 05.2000
Isani-Samgori Sanitary Inspection, Tbilisi
Head of the Subdivision for Public Hygiene, Zonal Department
10.1995 - 07.1996
Isani District Sanitary-Epidemiological Station, Tbilisi
Head of the Public Hygiene Department
05. 1995 - 10.1995
Isani District Sanitary-Epidemiological Station, Tbilisi
Physician Labor Hygiene Department
Languages
Georgian (native)
English
Russian