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2010 Florida Statutes
Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing.
Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing.
—Citrus fruit shall be deemed “seriously” damaged by freezing when such freezing causes:
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.
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).
Citrus fruit shall be deemed “damaged” by freezing when such freezing causes:
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.
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).
Internal freeze-related injury to citrus fruit, caused by freezing, shall consist of any of the following:
Wet cores or wet segment walls;
Water soaking;
Juice cell breakdown;
Mushy condition;
Honeycomb or open spaces in pulp; or
Other evidence of internal breakdown, decay, or moldy condition.
s. 89, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 1, ch. 81-97.