Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. No. 414 of 2003).

These Regulations: (a) prohibit the importation of "Iranian pistachios" (defined in regulation 2(1)), except where- (i) they are accompanied by an Iranian Government health certificate and the results of official sampling and analysis, the importation takes place only though a specified point of entry and each consignment is identified with a code corresponding with that specified on the health certificate and the accompanying report containing the sampling and analysis results; (ii) they are subject to specified documentary checks; and (iii) each consignment is subjected to analysis of aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin levels before release onto the market (reg. 3); (b) provide for their enforcement (reg. 4): (c) apply with modifications certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 for the purposes of the Regulations and provide for sampling and analysis (reg. 5); and (d) provide for the re-dispatch or destruction of illegal imports of Iranian pistachios (reg. 6).