Produce (Enforcement of Export Standards) Act

Arrangement of Sections

1. Short title

2. Produce to which the Act applies

3. Cassava Starch 11. Groundnuts

4. Cocoa 12. Groundnut Cake

5. Copra 13. Palm Kernels

6. Cotton Seed 14. Palm Oil

7. Cotton Lint 15. Rubber

8. Fruit 16. Soya Beans

10. Check-tests of copra at Ports

11. ( f ) are extraneous substances.

12. issued for that purpose.

13. exportable quality, or if evidence exists that it has been tampered with, the copra shall not

14. Provisions for pest control in copra

15. the process of fumigation.

16. ised persons to keep off the area.

17. General

18. “mouldy” means copra nut which has developed mould and has consequently be-

An Act to make provision for the inspection of commodities for export from Nigeria

at ports of shipment, for the purpose of enforcement of grades and standards of

quality in respect of such commodities, and for matters incidental to the execu-

tion of the powers conferred by this Act.

[1959 No. 21.]

[1 st December , 1959]

[Commencement.]

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Produce (Enforcement of Export Standards) Act.

Interpretation

“assistant produce officer” means an officer of that rank in the Produce Inspection

Service of the Government, whether of the Government of the Federation or of a State;

“Board” means the Produce Inspection Board established under section 4;

“buy” includes exchange or barter, whether for goods or services, and any agreement

or contract to buy, exchange or barter;

“buyer ” means the person who himself conducts the transaction of buying, whether

for himself or for another;

“chief produce inspector”, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section,

means an officer of that rank in the Produce Inspection Service of the Federation;

“clean” means to free produce from any foreign, superfluous or inferior matter by

picking, boiling or other means and includes the extraction of excessive moisture from

produce;

“export”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to take or

cause to be taken out of Nigeria;

“exportable standard” means a standard which is not lower than that prescribed for

produce intended for export, under the provisions of the Export of Nigerian Produce Act