500.81 – Healthy Food Financing Initiative.
500.81 Healthy Food Financing Initiative.— (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Community facility” means a property owned by a nonprofit or for-profit entity in which health and human services are provided and space is offered in a manner that provides increased access to, or delivery or distribution of, food or other agricultural products to encourage […]
500.90 – Regulation of Polystyrene Products Preempted to Department.
500.90 Regulation of polystyrene products preempted to department.—The regulation of the use or sale of polystyrene products by entities regulated under this chapter is preempted to the department. This preemption does not apply to local ordinances or provisions thereof enacted before January 1, 2016, and does not limit the authority of a local government to restrict […]
500.459 – Water Vending Machines.
500.459 Water vending machines.— (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to protect the public health through licensing and establishing standards for water vending machines to ensure that consumers obtaining water through such means are given appropriate information as to the nature of such water and that such consumers are assured that the water meets […]
500.148 – Reports and Dissemination of Information; Confidentiality.
500.148 Reports and dissemination of information; confidentiality.— (1)(a) Information that is deemed confidential under 21 C.F.R. s. 20.61, s. 20.62, or s. 20.88, or 5 U.S.C. s. 552(b), and that is provided to the department during a joint investigation concerning food safety or food-borne illness, as a requirement for conducting a federal-state contract or partnership activity, or […]
500.511 – Fees; Enforcement; Preemption.
500.511 Fees; enforcement; preemption.— (1) FEES.—All fees collected under s. 500.459 shall be deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund and shall be accounted for separately and used for the sole purpose of administering the provisions of such section. (2) ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES.—In addition to the provisions contained in s. 500.459, the department may enforce s. 500.459 in […]
500.149 – Employment of Help; Expenses and Salaries.
500.149 Employment of help; expenses and salaries.—The department may employ all help necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to foods and may designate any employee of the department to perform any duties necessary to carry out such provisions. All expenses and salaries shall be paid out of the General Inspection […]
500.60 – Regulation of Meat Preempted to State.
500.60 Regulation of meat preempted to state.—Notwithstanding any other law or local ordinance to the contrary and to ensure uniform health and safety standards, the regulation, identification, and packaging of meat, poultry, and fish is preempted to the state and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. History.—s. 54, ch. 2004-350.
500.165 – Transporting Shipments of Food Items; Rules; Penalty.
500.165 Transporting shipments of food items; rules; penalty.— (1) It is unlawful for a carrier to transport food items in a vehicle or rail car that has been or is being used to transport solid waste, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, biohazardous wastes, or any substance that may pose a threat to human health. (2) The department may by […]
500.70 – Tomato Food Safety Standards; Inspections; Penalties; Tomato Good Agricultural Practices; Tomato Best Management Practices.
500.70 Tomato food safety standards; inspections; penalties; tomato good agricultural practices; tomato best management practices.— (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Field packing” means the packing of tomatoes on a tomato farm or in a tomato greenhouse into containers for sale for human consumption without transporting the tomatoes to a packinghouse. (b) “Packing” or “repacking” means […]
500.166 – Records of Interstate Shipment.
500.166 Records of interstate shipment.—For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, carriers engaged in interstate commerce and persons receiving food in interstate commerce shall, upon the request by an officer or employee duly designated by the department, permit the officer or employee to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in interstate […]