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Florida Statute 502.091 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 502.091 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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502.091 Milk and milk products which may be sold.
(1) Only Grade “A” pasteurized milk and milk products, pasteurized manufactured milk products, ice cream, and frozen desserts, and cheese made from pasteurized milk shall be sold at retail to the final consumer or to food service establishments as defined in chapter 381, food establishments as defined in chapter 500, or public food service establishments as defined in chapter 509. Cheese made from raw milk may also be sold at retail to the final consumer or to food service establishments as defined in chapter 381, food establishments as defined in chapter 500, or public food service establishments as defined in chapter 509 if the cheese is aged more than 60 days at a temperature above 35° F.
(a) In an emergency, however, the department may authorize the sale of reconstituted pasteurized milk products, or pasteurized milk and milk products that have not been graded or the grade of which is unknown, in which case such milk and milk products shall be appropriately labeled, as determined by the department.
(b) If the department determines that milk is fit for human consumption even though it is less than Grade “A” because the producer failed to comply with the sanitation or bacterial standards defined in this chapter, or if any specific shipment of milk fails to comply with standards of the Grade “A” pasteurized milk ordinance, the department may issue a permit allowing the milk to be used in ungraded products, such as frozen desserts, which are being processed by such milk plant. During processing of such milk, it shall be pasteurized at a temperature of at least 175° F. for at least 15 seconds or at least 160° F. for at least 30 minutes.
(2) Milk that is in final package form for beverage use shall have been pasteurized and shall contain at least 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat and at least 3.25 percent milkfat.
History.s. 2, ch. 67-263; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 75-14; s. 4, ch. 80-83; s. 17, ch. 92-180; s. 5, ch. 93-68; ss. 9, 15, ch. 94-92; s. 15, ch. 2001-279; s. 9, ch. 2005-210; s. 8, ch. 2007-67; s. 24, ch. 2011-206.

Cases Citing F.S. 502.091

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·Ocheesee Creamery LLC v. Adam H. Putnam, 851 F.3d 1228 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 4 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 WL 1046104, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4919

...The Creamery only sells its skim milk in Florida. 1 Florida law prohibits the sale of milk and milk products that are not Grade “A,” which requires, among other things, that vitamin A lost in the skimming process must be replaced. See Fla. Stat. § 502.091 (“Only Grade ‘A’ pasteurized milk and milk products ....
...If an imitation milk permit were unavailable for skim milk, it would simply be illegal to sell the milk without replenishing the lost vitamin A, because without additives the skim milk is not Grade “A” and as such cannot be sold in Florida. See Fla. Stat. § 502.091 (“Only Grade ‘A’ pasteurized milk and milk products ....
...); id. § 502.165(3) (authorizing permits for imitation milk and milk products). If the Creamery could not sell its skim milk as imitation milk, there would be no way around Florida’s prohibition on the sale of non-Grade “A” skim milk. See id. § 502.091....
...14 Case: 16-12049 Date Filed: 03/20/2017 Page: 15 of 22 imitation milk statute) but do not call it “skim milk;” or (2) call the product “skim milk” but face sanctions for violating Fla. Stat. § 502.091.11 The State’s action is a speech regulation because the only difference between the two courses of conduct is the speech....
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Cited "but see"McManus (2019)
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Cited as authoritySoman (2022)
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Cited as authorityBROWN (2021)
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