The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 601
FLORIDA CITRUS CODE

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F.S. 601.48

601.48 Grading processed citrus products.—

(1) If processed citrus products meet the requirements of the two highest grades as established by the Department of Citrus or, at the option of the processor, the two highest grades established by the United States Department of Agriculture, the processor shall have the privilege of using labels, brands, or trademarks properly registered with the Department of Citrus, as provided in subsection (2), to represent state or U.S. grades.

(2) In accordance with such rules as the Department of Citrus may prescribe, licensed citrus fruit dealers in this state shall be entitled to register labels, brands, or trademarks for grade identification purposes. The department shall maintain a record of all labels, brands, and trademarks registered for grade identification purposes, which record may be purged as necessary.

(3) The grade labeling requirements of this section shall not apply to intrastate shipments of processed citrus products between licensed citrus fruit dealers who are operators of processing plants duly registered under s. 601.40.

History.—s. 48, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 1, ch. 71-78; s. 22, ch. 71-186; s. 1, ch. 77-5; s. 52, ch. 2001-279; s. 97, ch. 2004-5.

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Amendments to 601.48

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 601.48

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 601.48.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ROSSLOW, v. STATE, 401 So. 2d 1107 (Fla. 1981)

. . . .— Irrespective of the provisions of ss. 601.45, 601.46, 601.48, 601.49, 601.51, and 601.52, the Department . . .

OSCEOLA FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS, v. MAYO,, 115 So. 2d 760 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1959)

. . . follows: “Count 3 “That said Osceola Fruit Distributors, on or about October 20, 1958, violated Section 601.48 . . . Section 601.48, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., insofar as it applies, provides for the grading of canned or . . . suspension of its dealer’s license and plant certificate of registration, we emphasize that section 601.48 . . . Section 601.48. “Grading of canned or concentrated citrus fruit products. . . .

R. v., 4 T.C. 1236 (T.C. 1945)

. . . The Commissioner allowed depreciation on the building in the sum of $601.48, computed on petitioner’s . . .

v., 40 B.T.A. 284 (B.T.A. 1939)

. . . to correct the deficiency notice, which motion was granted, to show a deficiency in income tax of $601.48 . . .