Florida Statute 601.27 - 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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601.27 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 direction, supervision, and control of the Department of Agriculture. The sampling, testing, and inspection of all processed citrus products shall be done by authorized agents or inspectors of the Department of Agriculture or pursuant to cooperative agreement between the Department of Agriculture and any agency of the Federal Government.

History.—s. 27, ch. 25149, 1949; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 71-185; s. 1, ch. 90-195.

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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

...nned 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. [11] Section 601.27 directs that inspection in Florida of citrus fruit and canned and concentrated products thereof *120 shall be by persons who are duly licensed or certified by the United States Department of Agriculture as citrus fruit inspectors....

...Nor was any of the testing or inspecting relied on by the Department performed by persons duly licensed or certified by the United States Department of Agriculture, as no effort had been made by either department to comply with these requirements of section 601.27....

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Osceola Fruit Distributors v. Mayo, 115 So. 2d 760 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959).

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

...Mayo, Fla.App.1957, 98 So.2d 345 . The commissioner of agriculture is vested with supervision, direction, and control of the inspection of citrus fruit and products, the certification of grades, and the enforcement of all the provisions of the Florida Citrus Code. Section 601.27, Florida Statutes, F.S.A....

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