Food (Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios from Turkey) (Emergency Control) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. No. 424 of 2002).

The Regulations implement Commission Decision 2002/80/EC imposing special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and certain products derived from figs, hazelnuts and pistachios originating in, or consigned from Turkey. The Regulations: (a) prohibit the importation of Turkish figs, hazelnuts and pistachios which left Turkey on or after 11 March 2002, except where they are accompanied by Turkish Government health certificates and the results of official sampling and analysis, the importation takes place only through specified points of entry and the consignment is identified with a code corresponding with that specified on the health certificate and in the sampling and analysis results; (b) prohibit the importation of Turkish figs, hazelnuts and pistachios which left Turkey before 11 March 2002 and which are not accompanied by the documentation otherwise required, except where the importation takes place through a specified point of entry and the operator can show, by sampling and analysis of the consignment in the prescribed manner, that it does not contain aflatoxin B1 or total aflatoxin above the legally prescribed maximum levels.