Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 1956 of 2003).

The principal changes with respect to the 1997 Regulations, effected by these Regulations are that: (a) the previous requirement that each consignment of Iranian pistachios be subjected to systematic sampling and analysis in order to ensure compliance with Commission Decision 1997/830/EC is modified by providing that: (i) a sample of each consignment must be analysed for aflatoxin and total aflatoxin before release onto the market from the point of entry into the Community; (ii) the period of detention should not exceed 15 working days; and (iii) an authorised officer of the relevant enforcement authority must issue a notice in writing stating that sampling has taken place and the results of the analysis of the sample; and (b) an authorised officer of the relevant enforcement authority is empowered (subject to a right of appeal to a magistrates' court) to issue a notice ordering the re-dispatch of illegal imports of Iranian pistachios.