The Florida Senate

601.51  Certification required for shipment of citrus fruit or products.--No common carrier or other carrier or person, except as provided in s. 601.50, shall accept for shipment, ship, or transport any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof until a grade certificate is issued showing the grade thereof, which certificate or a duplicate thereof shall be filed with the carrier at the point of shipment, nor shall any common carrier or other carrier or person accept for shipment or ship any citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof where written notice has been given to such common carrier, other carrier or person, or her or his representative or agent by the Department of Agriculture or its authorized agent, employee, or inspector that said citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof does not comply with the provisions of law or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Citrus or the Department of Agriculture; provided that the shipper or handler of such citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof shall have the privilege of repacking or remarking, and that, if or when the same shall have been repacked or remarked to conform to the provisions of law or said rules, regulations, or orders promulgated by the Department of Citrus or the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture or its authorized inspector or agent shall notify said common carrier, other carrier or person, or her or his agent that such citrus fruit or the canned or concentrated products thereof may be accepted for shipment, and such shipper or handler shall not be considered as having violated this chapter or said rules, regulations, or orders, but provided further that this section shall be deemed to have been complied with if the shipper shall have conformed to regulations issued by the Department of Citrus under the provisions of s. 601.49.

History.--s. 51, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 10, ch. 26492, 1951; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 71-185; s. 22, ch. 71-186; s. 976, ch. 97-103.