Decree No. 70 of 1998 to prohibit the importation and marketing of pistachios from Iran.

This Order, made by the State Food Control Agency, prohibits the importation of pistachios originating or exported from Iran. Importation and/or marketing of such nuts is allowed only if the following conditions are met: (1) the imported nuts are to be controlled by the food control office of Oslo; (2) the importer hands over documents from which results that the imported lot was analysed and approved by the Iranian department of public health and a certificate of health issued, or; (3) if the lot was imported previously in a country belonging to the European Economic Area, that the imported lot was previously analysed and approved by the authorities of that country. (2 sections)