Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 502 · 13 active provisions
As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Bulk milk hauler/sampler” means a person who collects official samples and transports raw milk from a farm or raw milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station and is permitted to sample the milk products by any state regulatory agency charged with…
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this chapter is to:(a) Ensure, without undue burden on either the regulatory agency or the dairy industry, that milk, milk products, frozen desserts, and frozen dessert mix sold or offered for sale in this state are produced under sanitary conditions, are wholesome and fit for human consumpt…
(1) The department shall administer and enforce all regulatory laws currently in effect governing:(a) The production, processing, and distribution of milk, milk products, frozen desserts, and frozen dessert mix.(b) The sanitation and sanitary practices of establishments where food and drink, including milk and milk pro…
Any moneys collected by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the General Inspection Trust Fund and used solely for the programs in this chapter.
To ensure consumers full disclosure of the date beyond which milk or milk products may no longer be offered for sale, all dairy processors must establish and legibly label as prescribed by rule of the department, the maximum shelf-life period during which milk and milk products may be offered for sale. For purposes of…
(1) PERMITS.—(a) All facilities engaged in the production, processing, holding, or transfer of milk and milk products in this state must apply to the department for a permit to operate. The application must be on forms developed by the department.(b) Each frozen dessert plant that manufactures frozen desserts or other…
(1) The department shall establish a schedule for inspections which shall require routine inspections in accordance with the minimum requirements contained in the Grade “A” pasteurized milk ordinance and more frequent inspections or reinspections for permitholders with serious or repeated violations.(2) The department…
(1) Only Grade “A” pasteurized milk and milk products, pasteurized manufactured milk products, ice cream, and frozen desserts, and cheese made from pasteurized milk shall be sold at retail to the final consumer or to food service establishments as defined in chapter 381, food establishments as defined in chapter 500, o…
(1) All future construction or extensive alteration of milk houses, milking barns, stables, parlors, transfer stations, and milk and frozen dessert plants regulated under this chapter must meet certain minimum specifications and requirements which the department shall establish.(2) Anyone who plans to construct a new m…
(1) DISPLAY.—All imitation and substitute milk and milk products sold in retail food stores shall be physically separated from milk or milk products by a partition or other device or divider in the dairy display case or other display-and-sale area.(2) HEALTH STANDARDS.—In the interest of public health, imitation or sub…
It is unlawful for any person in this state to:(1) Engage in the business of producing, hauling, transferring, receiving, processing, packaging, or distributing milk, milk products, or frozen desserts or operating a washing station, manufacturing single-service containers, or manufacturing imitation or substitute milk…
(1) The department may enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties against any person who violates any provision of this chapter:(a) Issuance of a warning letter that relates to the class of the violation.(b) Imposition of an administrative fine:1. In the Class II category pursuant to s. 570.971 for…
All special or local acts, general laws of limited application, county ordinances or resolutions, municipal ordinances or resolutions, and municipal charter provisions that authorize the regulation of milk or milk products, or frozen desserts for wholesale, are superseded by this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant…