Florida Statute 601.99 - 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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F.S. 601.99

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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 601.99

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S601.99 - FOOD-MISBRANDED - MISBRAND PACKAGES CONTAINING CITRUS FRUIT - M: F

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Total Results: 1

Florida Citrus Commission v. Owens

239 So. 2d 840

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 9, 1970 | Docket: 538710

Cited 2 times | Published

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