601.99 Unlawful to misbrand wrappers or packages containing citrus fruit.—It is unlawful for any person to misbrand any package or any wrapper containing citrus fruits or any container of the canned or concentrated products thereof, and all citrus fruits and the canned or concentrated products thereof shall be deemed misbranded if the package or the wrapper or the container thereof shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding the fruit therein contained which is false or misleading either as to the name, size, quality, or brand of such fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof or as to the locality in which it was grown.
History.—s. 99, ch. 25149, 1949.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 601.99
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal
...Even if this grant could be implied, no guidelines are established for the adoption of such regulations. It is settled law that the legislature may not delegate the power to legislate to an administrative commission but may only authorize regulations implementing legislatively established policies. "Section 601.99 refers to false or misleading statements as to name, size, quality, or brand, which is not the problem involved here, or as to locality in which fruit was grown....
...n's power and authority to regulate labeling. At issue were rules regulating deceptive practices and not ones regulating quality standards. State v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 1908, 56 Fla. 617, 47 So. 969; 1 Fla. Jur., Administrative Law, § 97; F.S. 601.99, 601.641(2), and 601.10(1), (2) and (7), F.S.A.; Hutchins v....
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