601.37 – Unlawful Acts of Inspectors.
601.37 Unlawful acts of inspectors.—An authorized inspector may not make or deliver a certificate of inspection and maturity and quality of any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof upon which the inspection fees and advertising assessments have not been paid or the payment thereof guaranteed, or make or issue any false certificate as […]
601.38 – Citrus Inspectors; Authority.
601.38 Citrus inspectors; authority.—For the purpose of enforcing the citrus fruit laws of this state, as well as rules of the department, citrus fruit inspectors may enter into any packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant at any hour of day or night and have and demand access and admission to any enclosed portion of such packinghouse, […]
601.39 – Special Inspectors.
601.39 Special inspectors.—In cases of emergency or necessity, when no citrus fruit inspector is available for inspection of a particular lot of citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof, the Department of Agriculture may designate some fit and competent individual to inspect, test, and certify as to such lot of fruit or the canned […]
601.155 – Equalizing Assessment; Credit; Exemption.
601.155 Equalizing assessment; credit; exemption.— (1) The first person who exercises in this state the privilege of processing, reprocessing, blending, or mixing processed orange products or processed grapefruit products or the privilege of packaging or repackaging processed orange products or processed grapefruit products into retail or institutional size containers or, except as provided in subsection (9) or […]
601.40 – Registration of Citrus Packinghouses, Processing Plants With Department of Agriculture.
601.40 Registration of citrus packinghouses, processing plants with Department of Agriculture.—The owner, manager, or operator of each packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant at which it is intended to pack, can, concentrate, or prepare citrus fruit for market or transportation during the then-present or the next ensuing citrus fruit shipping season shall register such packinghouse, canning […]
601.24 – Department of Citrus to Prescribe Methods of Testing and Grading.
601.24 Department of Citrus to prescribe methods of testing and grading.—The department shall adopt rules providing the manner and method to be used in drawing samples and the quantity to be used in testing and grading of citrus fruit and the canned and concentrated products thereof and shall provide specifications and methods for use of juice […]
601.41 – Operation Without Registration Unlawful.
601.41 Operation without registration unlawful.—It is unlawful for any person to operate a citrus fruit packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant, or to pack or otherwise prepare for sale or transportation any citrus fruit at such packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant without having previously registered said packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant and given the […]
601.25 – Determination of Soluble Solids and Acid.
601.25 Determination of soluble solids and acid.—The department shall adopt rules determining the method by which juice is tested for percentage of total soluble solids, the method by which juice is tested for acidity, and the method for testing fruit for juice content. Until the department determines such method by rule, the Brix hydrometer shall be […]
601.42 – Revocation of Registration.
601.42 Revocation of registration.—Whenever the Department of Agriculture shall issue a certificate of registration to any packinghouse, canning plant, or concentrating plant for the purpose of processing citrus fruit or citrus products, as provided by s. 601.40, and said Department of Agriculture shall thereafter revoke or suspend the license of any citrus fruit dealer who may […]
601.27 – Department of Agriculture; Citrus Inspectors.
601.27 Department of Agriculture; citrus inspectors.—The inspection in the state of all citrus fruit and the canned and concentrated products thereof, and the certifying as to grades and qualifications thereof, and the enforcement of all provisions of this chapter and rules and orders made pursuant to and under authority of this chapter shall be under the […]