KIEV, Oct. 22 – The introduction of mandatory inspections by Ukrainian veterinary medicine agencies of foreign companies that import meat, milk and other animal products and foods made from them starting Jan. 14, 2010 will lead to a restriction of trade with Ukraine, according to head of the European Commission Representation in Ukraine Jose Manuel Pintu Teisheira.

"The European Union believes that the measures introduced threaten the unjustified restriction of trade, especially taking into account the fact that Ukraine did not submit any scientific grounds for the imposing of such broad and overly strict measures," he said at the presentation of the Twinning's project on the provision of aid to the Ukrainian veterinary service to improve legal and technical aspects of the biosecurity control system in Kiev on Wednesday.