Florida Administrative Code

Fla. Admin. Code R. 20-36.004 (2026)

Fruit Must Be Accessible

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The applicant for inspection shall make each lot of fruit accessible to the inspector for drawing proper and representative samples to determine maturity of the fruit. To be “accessible” means the fruit shall be in some unit or container such as field crate, or in case of a bulk truckload of fruit, it is unloaded to the extent that samples may be drawn from every portion of the load.

Rulemaking Authority 601.10(1), (7), 601.24 FS. Law Implemented 601.24, 601.9911 FS. History–Formerly 105-1.17(5), Amended 1-1-75, Formerly 20-36.04.

Effective: 1/1/1975.