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...d the case to the commission for entry of an order as applied to counts three and four of the complaint. Counts three and four read, respectively, as follows: “Count 3 “That said Osceola Fruit Distributors, on or about October 20, 1958, violated Section 601.48, Florida Statutes {F.S.A.], and Regulation #19, Section One, Subsection c, of the Rules and Regulations of the Florida Citrus Commission, by adding or placing a substance, towit: water soluble coal tar ■dye, in certain blended orange...
...Fie may instigate and make investigation when he has reason to believe a citrus fruit dealer has violated any law applicable to such a dealer. Section
601.68, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. It is necessary to review the major statutory and regulatory provisions under which counts three and four were sustained by the circuit court. Section
601.48, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., insofar as it applies, provides for the grading of canned or concentrated *762 citrus fruit products according to the standards established from time to time by the Florida Citrus Commission....
...juice. 5 *763 Dealing with petitioner’s first question as to whether the addition of color to blended orange and grapefruit juice constitutes a basis for suspension of its dealer’s license and plant certificate of registration, we emphasize that section 601.48 requires canned products of citrus fruit to be graded according to standards established by the Florida Citrus Commission....
...ially affect the determination of this certiorari proceeding. There was ample competent substantial evidence to support the findings and the judgment. Therefore, the petition for writ of certiorari is denied. ALLEN, C. J., and SHANNON, J., concur. . Section 601.48....
