601.43 Immature and unfit citrus fruit; individual sampling. - Florida Statutes

601.43 Immature and unfit citrus fruit; individual sampling.

Any oranges, grapefruit, and tangerines not conforming to the minimum maturity requirements set forth in this chapter and any citrus hybrids not conforming to the minimum maturity requirements set forth in Department of Citrus regulations shall be deemed and held to be immature and unfit for human consumption. In the testing of fruit to determine whether the same conforms to such requirements, any inspector shall have the right and authority to test the individual fruit in any given sample of fruit drawn in the number and by the manner as prescribed by regulations of the Department of Citrus. If, upon the testing of the juice of said individual fruit in any sample, more than 10 percent of said individual fruit shall fail by more than one-half percentage point to meet the minimum ratio of total soluble solids to anhydrous citric acid which is required for such fruit, then all of the fruit in the lot from which said sample was drawn shall be deemed and held to be immature and unfit for human consumption.

History. s. 43, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 15, ch. 71-186.