Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 601.98 (2025)

Shipment, sale, or offer of imported citrus fruit or citrus products.

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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.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 601.98

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1979–1981 · leading case: Florida Canners Ass'n v. State, Dept. of Citrus, 371 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979).

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Florida Canners Ass'n v. State, Dept. of Citrus, 371 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979). · cites it 3× “NOTES [1] § 601.98, Fla. Stat. (1977). [2] The statutory definition of "citrus fruit" includes processed citrus products containing 20 percent or more citrus fruit or citrus fruit juice.”

Coca-Cola Co., Food Div. v. State, Dept., 406 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1981). · cites it 2× “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…”

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