Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII Regulation Of Trade, Commerce, Investments, And Solicitations

Chapter 502 Milk And Milk Products

  • 502.012   Definitions.
    The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this law: (1)  "Bulk milk pickup tanker" means a vehicle, including the truck and tank,...
  • 502.013   Purpose; intent.
    (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 and milk products...
  • 502.014   Powers and duties.
    (1)  The department shall administer and enforce all regulatory laws currently in effect governing: (a)  The production, processing, and distribution of milk and milk products. (b)  The sanitation...
  • 502.015   General Inspection Trust Fund.
    (1)  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...
  • 502.032   Milkfat testers; permit, fees, application, suspension or revocation, records.
    Any person who tests milk or milk products for milkfat content by weight, volume, chemical, electronic, or other method when the result of such test...
  • 502.042   Labeling of shelf life.
    To ensure consumers full disclosure of the date beyond which milk or milk products may no longer be offered for sale, all dairy processors shall...
  • 502.053   Permits; requirements; exemptions; temporary permits.
    (1)  PERMITS.-- (a)  Each Grade "A" milk plant, whether located in the state or outside the state, and each manufacturing milk plant, milk producer, milk hauler, milk...
  • 502.054   Inspection and reinspection.
    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...
  • 502.091   Milk and milk products which may be sold.
    (1)  Only Grade "A" pasteurized milk and milk products, pasteurized manufactured milk products, and cheese made from pasteurized milk shall be sold at retail to the...
  • 502.121   Future dairy farms and milk plants.
    (1)  All future construction or extensive alteration of milk houses, milking barns, stables, parlors, transfer stations, and milk plants regulated under this chapter must meet certain...
  • 502.165   Imitation and substitute milk and milk products.
    (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...
  • 502.181   Prohibited acts.
    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 or...
  • 502.222   Information relating to trade secrets confidential.
    The records of the department regarding matters encompassed by this chapter are public records, subject to the provisions of chapter 119, except that any information...
  • 502.231   Penalty and injunction.
    (1)  The department may enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties against any person who violates any of the provisions of this...
  • 502.232   Local regulations superseded.
    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...