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500.148  Reports and dissemination of information.--

(1)  The department may publish from time to time reports summarizing all judgments and court orders that have been rendered under this chapter, including the nature of the charges and the disposition thereof.

(2)  The department may also disseminate any information regarding food that it considers necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the department from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of these investigations.

(3)  Upon request of a food establishment, the department may issue a report certifying that the requesting food establishment currently complies with the sanitation and permitting requirements of this chapter and the rules promulgated thereunder. Such certification may be requested for the purpose of exporting food to a foreign country. The department is authorized to recover the cost associated with carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the amount of which shall be set by rule.

History.--s. 22, ch. 19656, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(685); ss. 14, 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 3, 5, ch. 76-47; s. 427, ch. 77-147; s. 16, ch. 82-225; s. 12, ch. 87-388; s. 13, ch. 94-180; s. 27, ch. 2002-295.

Note.--Former s. 500.22.