§ 601.89 — Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing

Florida § 601.89

• Jurisdiction: Florida
• Title: XXXV
• Ch. 601: FLORIDA CITRUS CODE

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(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.

Legislative History

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