571.01 – Short title.
571.01 Short title.—This part shall be known as the “Florida Seal of Quality Law.” History.—s. 1, ch. 63-378; s. 6, ch. 90-323.
571.02 – Purpose.
571.02 Purpose.—The purpose of this part is to authorize the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt seals of quality to be used in advertising and promoting the sale of agricultural products produced in Florida and to provide controls in the use of such seals of quality. History.—s. 1, ch. 63-378; ss. 14, 35, ch. […]
571.03 – Definitions.
571.03 Definitions.—As used in this part: (1) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (2) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, business, trust, legal representative, or any other business unit. (3) “Seal of quality” means any word, device, emblem, or symbol adopted by the department for the purpose of identifying and promoting the sale of […]
571.04 – Powers and duties of the department.
571.04 Powers and duties of the department.—The duty of enforcing and administering this part is vested in the department, and the department is authorized to employ all agents and persons necessary therefor. (1) All fees collected under this part shall be paid into the State Treasury and placed to the credit of the General Inspection Trust Fund, […]
571.05 – Rules.
571.05 Rules.—The department by rule may design, determine, and adopt seals of quality for use in publicizing, advertising, and promoting agricultural products; prescribe minimum standards of quality and grade of agricultural products with which a seal of quality may be used; name and define market packages of agricultural products; fix a reasonable and equitable advertising and […]
571.06 – License; application, fee, and conditions.
571.06 License; application, fee, and conditions.— (1) Application for license to reproduce or use a seal of quality shall be made to the department on application forms supplied by the department. Anyone making application and payment of license fee in the amount of $10 and meeting other qualifications required under this part and rules adopted hereunder shall […]
571.07 – Suspension or revocation of license.
571.07 Suspension or revocation of license.—The department, after finding that a licensee has violated any of the provisions of this part or rules adopted hereunder, may revoke the license of any licensee or suspend such license for not more than 1 year. History.—s. 1, ch. 63-378; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 78-95; s. […]
571.08 – Unlawful acts.
571.08 Unlawful acts.—It is unlawful for any person: (1) To remove or dispose of any hold order or any detained agricultural product or article by sale or otherwise without permission of the department or by order of court. (2) To reproduce or use any seal of quality without license or in violation of the provisions of this part […]
571.09 – Penalties.
571.09 Penalties.—Any person violating any of the provisions of this part or rules adopted hereunder shall for the first offense be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and for each succeeding offense shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided […]
571.10 – Injunction.
571.10 Injunction.—In addition to the remedies provided in this part and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is authorized to make application for injunction to a circuit judge, and such circuit judge shall have jurisdiction upon a hearing and for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent injunction, or both, […]
571.11 – Eggs and poultry; seal of quality violations; administrative penalties.
571.11 Eggs and poultry; seal of quality violations; administrative penalties.— (1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may impose an administrative fine in the Class II category pursuant to s. 570.971 against any dealer, as defined in s. 583.01(4), in violation of the guidelines for the Florida seal of quality for eggs or poultry programs. All […]