Florida Statute 601.25 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 601
FLORIDA CITRUS CODE

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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 used and the reading of the hydrometer corrected for temperature shall be considered as the percent of the total soluble solids, and anhydrous citric acid shall be determined by titration of the juice using standard alkali and phenolphthalein as indicator, the total acidity being calculated as anhydrous citric acid.

History.—s. 25, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 1, ch. 61-68; s. 22, ch. 71-186; s. 22, ch. 2012-182.

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Evans Packing Co. v. Dept. of Agric., 550 So. 2d 112 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2326, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 5425, 1989 WL 113240

...r participated in causing the alleged adulteration. The Citrus Code provides, in section 601.24, that the Department of Citrus is to prescribe the methods of testing and grading citrus fruit and canned and concentrated products of citrus fruit. [10] Section 601.25 directs the Department of Citrus to establish, through rules and regulations, the method for testing the percentage of total soluble solids in frozen concentrated orange juice....

...tity 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 extractors to be used in extracting juice for such tests and grading purposes. [11] Section 601.25 states: The Department of Citrus by rule or regulation shall determine 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....

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