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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 601.98

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Cases Citing Statute 601.98

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Coca-Cola Co., Food Division v. State, Dept.

406 So. 2d 1079

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 1981 | Docket: 450049

Cited 19 times | Published

outside of the state, it was in violation of section 601.98, Florida Statutes (1977), which provides that

Florida Canners Ass'n v. State, Dept. of Citrus

371 So. 2d 503, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14633

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 16, 1979 | Docket: 1785667

Cited 19 times | Published

of Florida. That law is reflected today in Section 601.98 of the Florida Citrus Code. In 1939, also,

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