Section 10: Wrongful grading an offence As Amended by Section 4 of the PRODUCE (ENFORCEMENT OF EXPORT STANDARDS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016.

(1) A produce officer, assistant produce officer, chief produce inspector, senior produce inspector or inspector who knowingly passes or grades produce for export which is not of exportable standard shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a fine of N30,000 or to imprisonment for one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Where in any prosecution under this section, the person charged alleges that unauthorised use was made of any seal, press, punch-die or other sealing or marking appliance used for sealing produce or for marking containers without his consent, the onus of proving such unauthorised use shall be on him.
(3) In any prosecution under this section, it shall be sufficient for the prosecution to prove the person charged to be a produce officer, assistant produce officer, chief produce inspector, senior produce inspector or inspector, and that he passed or graded the produce in question for export and that such produce was not of exportable standard, and thereupon the onus of proof that such wrong grading was not done knowingly shall be upon the person charged.