601.89 Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing. - Florida Statutes

601.89 Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing.

   (1) Citrus fruit shall be deemed “seriously” damaged by freezing when such freezing causes:

   (a) Marked dryness to extend into the segments of oranges and grapefruit more than 1/2 inch at the stem end; or into segments of mandarin or hybrid varieties more than 1/4 inch at the stem end; or more than an equivalent amount by volume of dryness to occur in any other portions of the fruit.

   (b) Internal freeze-related injury, as defined in subsection (3), when such condition or combination of conditions is determined to affect the fruit to a degree equal in seriousness to that described in paragraph (a).

   (2) Citrus fruit shall be deemed “damaged” by freezing when such freezing causes:

   (a) Marked dryness to extend into the segments of oranges and grapefruit more than 1/4 inch but less than 1/2 inch at the stem end; or into segments of mandarin or hybrid varieties more than 1/8 inch but less than 1/4 inch at the stem end; or more than an equivalent amount by volume of dryness to occur in any portions of the fruit.

   (b) Internal freeze-related injury, as defined by subsection (3), when such condition or combination of conditions is determined to affect the fruit to a degree equal in seriousness to that described in paragraph (a).

   (3) Internal freeze-related injury to citrus fruit, caused by freezing, shall consist of any of the following:

   (a) Wet cores or wet segment walls;

   (b) Water soaking;

   (c) Juice cell breakdown;

   (d) Mushy condition;

   (e) Honeycomb or open spaces in pulp; or

   (f) Other evidence of internal breakdown, decay, or moldy condition.

History. s. 89, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 1, ch. 81-97.