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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 570
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
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570.44 Division of Agricultural Environmental Services; powers and duties.—The duties of the Division of Agricultural Environmental Services include, but are not limited to:
(1) Inspecting and drawing samples of: commercial feeds offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 580 authorized by the department; seeds offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 578 authorized by the department; certified seed grown in this state; fertilizers offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 576 authorized by the department; and pesticides offered for sale in this state, and soil and water in this state for the presence of pesticides, and enforcing those provisions of part I of chapter 487 authorized by the department.
(2) Conducting those general inspection activities in regard to weights, measures, and standards of articles offered for sale in this state and enforcing those provisions of chapter 531 as are authorized by the department.
(3) Reviewing and evaluating technical and scientific data associated with the production, manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, or use of any article or product with respect to any statutory authority conferred on the department. The department may establish positions within the division for the employment of experts in the fields of toxicology, hydrology, and biology to conduct such reviews and evaluations and may establish appropriate clerical support positions to implement the duties and responsibilities of the division.
(4) Analyzing samples of fertilizer offered for sale in this state, as required under chapter 576.
(5) Analyzing samples of pesticide formulations offered for sale in this state and tank mix, soil, water, and other environmental samples related to pesticide use investigations, as required under part I of chapter 487.
(6) Analyzing samples of commercial feed offered for sale in this state, as required under chapter 580.
(7) Analyzing samples of vegetables, agricultural, flower, and forest tree seed offered for sale in this state, as required under chapter 578.
(8) Investigating, evaluating, and developing new or improved methodology to enhance the analytical capability and efficiency of all divisional laboratories and performing other related analyses as deemed necessary.
History.—s. 1, ch. 59-54; s. 7, ch. 61-407; ss. 4, 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 13, ch. 83-310; s. 7, ch. 84-165; s. 24, ch. 92-291; s. 24, ch. 93-169; s. 1, ch. 96-231; s. 11, ch. 96-407; s. 55, ch. 2004-64; s. 87, ch. 2014-150.

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Stephenson v. Dep't of Agr. & Consum. Serv., 329 So. 2d 373 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...the police powers of the state to cause to stop for inspection all trucks operating on the public highways." The statutes which purportedly authorized appellee to require appellants' trucks to stop for agricultural inspection are Sections 570.15 and 570.44(3), Florida Statutes....
...the law as it exists at this time rather than as it existed at the time of the entry of the order appealed from. See Florida East Coast Railway Company v. Rouse, Fla., 194 So.2d 260 (1967); Phillips v. Phillips, Fla. App.(1st), 287 So.2d 149 (1973). § 570.44(3), Florida Statutes, relating to the powers and duties of appellee's Division of Inspection, provides as follows: "BUREAU OF ROAD GUARDS....
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Lake Butler Apparel Co. v. Dep't of Agric. & Consum. Servs., 551 F. Supp. 901 (M.D. Fla. 1982).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16875

...(the Department). With respect to the organization of the Department and its authority to carry out its mission of regulation and inspection under these laws, there are two statutes of particular relevance to this case. The first is Florida Statute § 570.44(3) (1981) which creates a "Bureau of Road Guards" within the Department and charges it with the duty "to operate and manage those road guard inspection stations of the state and to perform the general inspection activities relating to the m...
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Stephenson v. Dep't of Agric. & Consum. Servs., 329 So. 2d 373 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14054

...police powers of the state to cause to stop for inspection all trucks operating on the public highways.” The statutes which purportedly authorized appellee to require appellants’ trucks to stop for agricultural inspection are Sections 570.15 and 570.44(3), Florida Statutes....
...the law as it exists at this time rather than as it existed at the time of the entry of the order appealed from. See Florida East Coast Railway Company v. Rouse, Fla., 194 So.2d 260 (1967); Phillips v. Phillips, Fla. App.(1st), 287 So.2d 149 (1973). § 570.44(3), Florida Statutes, relating to the powers and duties of appellee’s Division of Inspection, provides as follows: “BUREAU OF ROAD GUARDS....

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