Florida Statute 601.98 - 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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601.98 Shipment, sale, or offer of imported citrus fruit or citrus products.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person to quote, offer for sale, sell, ship, or invoice in or from Florida any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof grown and canned or concentrated in any other state or country other than Florida in such manner as to indicate in any form whatsoever that the citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof were produced and canned in Florida.

(2) Every such person in Florida shall specifically advise and notify the buyer of any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated product thereof produced and canned or concentrated in any state or country other than Florida which is being sold, quoted, offered for sale, or shipped to such buyer that the citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof were not produced in Florida; and the failure to so notify and advise such buyer will be construed as a violation of this section.

History.—s. 98, ch. 25149, 1949.

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Cases Citing Statute 601.98

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Florida Canners Ass'n v. State, Dept. of Citrus, 371 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979).

Cited 19 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14633

...t or citrus juice from the State of Florida which is grown in any other state in such manner as to indicate in any form whatsoever that such citrus fruit or citrus juice was produced and canned in the State of Florida. That law is reflected today in Section 601.98 of the Florida Citrus Code....

...agency action or ancillary relief. Accordingly, we are required to, and we do, affirm the action of Respondent in adopting Rule 20-66.04. Section 120.68(14), Florida Statutes (1977). Affirmed. HOBSON, Acting C.J., and BOARDMAN, J., concur. NOTES [1] § 601.98, Fla....

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Coca-Cola Co., Food Div. v. State, Dept., 406 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1981).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...ated provisions of the Federal and Florida Constitutions. Initially, petitioners also contended that since the rule evidently applied to grapefruit products derived wholly or in part from grapefruit grown outside of the state, it was in violation of section 601.98, Florida Statutes (1977), which provides that it is unlawful to place a designation of Florida origin on citrus fruit products if any part thereof comes from outside the state....

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