Nigeria - 1959 - Trade, Industry and Investment

Produce (Enforcement Of Export Standards) Act

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nigeria

An Act to make provision for the inspection of commodities for export from Nigeria at ports of shipment, for enforcement of grades and standards of quality in respect of such commodities, and matters incidental to the execution of the powers conferred by this act. It establishes The Produce Inspection Board and provides for the control of produce destined for exportation. The act shall apply to the produce described in the first schedule to this act. The board shall have advisory functions towards the Minister and states of The Federation. The act also empowers the Minister to make emergency orders for the control in Lagos of pests affecting produce. Where any produce is found within Lagos to be infested or suspected to be infested with any pest, a produce officer may make such order as he may deem necessary for the treatment of such pest. The act also defines wrongful grading of produce to be an offence.

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Produce (Enforcement Of Export Standards) Act Current Version

January 2022

An Act to make provision for the inspection of commodities for export from Nigeria at ports of shipment, for enforcement of grades and standards of quality in respect of such commodities, and matters incidental to the execution of the powers conferred by this act. It establishes The Produce Inspection Board and provides for the control of produce destined for exportation. The act shall apply to the produce described in the first schedule to this act. The board shall have advisory functions towards the Minister and states of The Federation. The act also empowers the Minister to make emergency orders for the control in Lagos of pests affecting produce. Where any produce is found within Lagos to be infested or suspected to be infested with any pest, a produce officer may make such order as he may deem necessary for the treatment of such pest. The act also defines wrongful grading of produce to be an offence.

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