Fla. Stat. § 571.01
Short title
This part shall be known as the “Florida Seal of Quality Law.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 571 — AGRICULTURAL ADVERTISING
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Fla. Stat. § 571.02
Purpose
The purpose of this part is to authorize the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt seals of quality to be used in advertising and promoting the sale of agricultural products produced in Florida and to provide controls in the use of such seals of quality.
Fla. Stat. § 571.03
Definitions
As used in this part:(1) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, business, trust, legal representative, or any other business unit.(3) “Seal of quality” means any word, device, emblem, or symbol adopted by the…
Fla. Stat. § 571.04
Powers and duties of the department
The duty of enforcing and administering this part is vested in the department, and the department is authorized to employ all agents and persons necessary therefor.(1) All fees collected under this part shall be paid into the State Treasury and placed to the credit of the General Inspection Trust Fund, from which fund…
Fla. Stat. § 571.05
Rules
The department by rule may design, determine, and adopt seals of quality for use in publicizing, advertising, and promoting agricultural products; prescribe minimum standards of quality and grade of agricultural products with which a seal of quality may be used; name and define market packages of agricultural products;…
Fla. Stat. § 571.06
License; application, fee, and conditions
(1) Application for license to reproduce or use a seal of quality shall be made to the department on application forms supplied by the department. Anyone making application and payment of license fee in the amount of $10 and meeting other qualifications required under this part and rules adopted hereunder shall be gran…
Fla. Stat. § 571.07
Suspension or revocation of license
The department, after finding that a licensee has violated any of the provisions of this part or rules adopted hereunder, may revoke the license of any licensee or suspend such license for not more than 1 year.
Fla. Stat. § 571.08
Unlawful acts
It is unlawful for any person:(1) To remove or dispose of any hold order or any detained agricultural product or article by sale or otherwise without permission of the department or by order of court.(2) To reproduce or use any seal of quality without license or in violation of the provisions of this part or rules adop…
Fla. Stat. § 571.09
Penalties
Any person violating any of the provisions of this part or rules adopted hereunder shall for the first offense be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and for each succeeding offense shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided…
Fla. Stat. § 571.10
Injunction
In addition to the remedies provided in this part and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is authorized to make application for injunction to a circuit judge, and such circuit judge shall have jurisdiction upon a hearing and for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent injun…
Fla. Stat. § 571.11
Eggs and poultry; seal of quality violations; administrative penalties
(1) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may impose an administrative fine in the Class II category pursuant to s. 570.971 against any dealer, as defined in s. 583.01(4), in violation of the guidelines for the Florida seal of quality for eggs or poultry programs. All fines, when imposed and paid, shall b…
Fla. Stat. § 571.21
Short title
This part may be cited as the “Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 571.22
Legislative intent
The Legislature finds that there is a need for a Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign to increase consumer awareness and expand the market for Florida’s agricultural products. The Legislature further finds that the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign is a partnership between industry and the state to efficie…
Fla. Stat. § 571.23
Definitions
For purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:(1) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(2) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, business, trust, legal representative, or any other business unit.(3) “Reproduce” mea…
Fla. Stat. § 571.24
Purpose; duties of the department
The purpose of this part is to authorize the department to establish and coordinate the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign. The Legislature intends for the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign to serve as a marketing program to promote Florida agricultural commodities, value-added products, and agricultural…
Fla. Stat. § 571.25
Registration and fees
(1) Any person who participates in the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign shall register annually with the department in a form and manner as required by the department. Each person shall renew his or her registration on the anniversary date of his or her original membership.(2) The department is hereby authoriz…
Fla. Stat. § 571.26
Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund
There is hereby created the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to receive all moneys related to the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign. Moneys deposited in the trust fund shall be appropriated for the sole purpose of implementing the Fl…
Fla. Stat. § 571.265
Promotion of Florida thoroughbred breeding and of thoroughbred racing at Florida thoroughbred tracks; distribution of funds
(1) For purposes of this section, the term “permitholder” has the same meaning as in s. 550.002(23).(2) Funds deposited into the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund pursuant to s. 212.20(6)(d)6.e. shall be used by the department to encourage the agricultural activity of breeding thoroughbred racehorses…
Fla. Stat. § 571.27
Rules
The department is authorized to adopt rules that implement, make specific, and interpret the provisions of this part. The department is further authorized to determine, by rule, the logos or product identifiers to be depicted for use in advertising, publicizing, and promoting the sale of Florida agricultural products o…
Fla. Stat. § 571.29
Unlawful acts; administrative remedies; criminal penalties
(1) It is unlawful for any person to use, reproduce, or distribute the “Fresh From Florida” or “From Florida” logos or other logos of the Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign without being registered with the department, or to otherwise violate the provisions of this part or any rules adopted under this part.(2) I…
Fla. Stat. § 571.301
Injunction
In addition to the remedies provided in this part and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the department is authorized to make application for injunction to a circuit judge, and such circuit judge shall have jurisdiction upon a hearing for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent injunctio…