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1999 Florida Statutes

523.02  Label required; contents.--Every person who shall hereafter produce or manufacture for sale or shipment, or for other than his or her own use or consumption, any spirits of turpentine or rosin in the state, shall plainly and conspicuously mark or write on the outside of the barrel containing the same the true nature of the contents of such barrel, in such manner as to indicate whether the same contains gum spirits of turpentine, wood turpentine, adulterated gum spirits of turpentine, adulterated wood turpentine, gum rosin or wood rosin, as defined by the provisions of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or produce any gum spirits of turpentine, or wood turpentine, whether pure or adulterated, or any gum rosin or wood rosin for sale, consignment or shipment, or to sell, ship, consign or in any manner dispose of the same, without plainly marking or writing in the manner aforesaid, upon the outside of the barrel containing the same, the words "gum spirits of turpentine," or "wood turpentine," or "adulterated gum spirits of turpentine," or "adulterated wood turpentine," or "gum rosin," or "wood rosin," as the case may be; and any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.--s. 2, ch. 20935, 1941; s. 497, ch. 71-136; s. 701, ch. 97-103.