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Notice: 16800320

Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS

Chapter:

ORANGES MATURITY STANDARDS--FRESH

Overview

RULE:

20-53.001	Maturity Standards
20-53.003	Anhydrous Citric Acid Standards for Navels

The Florida Department of Citrus announces a telephone conference call to which all persons are invited.

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This meeting was noticed on the agency's web site and to the agency head, industry organizations and media through the agency’s industry distribution list. The purpose of the emergency conference call was to consider emergency rulemaking to allow good and safe food to be utilized that did not meet the current minimum acid requirements for oranges for processing.  The emergency rulemaking falls under 120.54(4)(b), F.S., which states those  rules pertaining to perishable agricultural commodities shall be included in the definition of rules relating to the public health, safety, or welfare.
The action of the Agency Head was to unanimously accelerate through emergency rulemaking 20ER15-2 the period for which oranges for canning and concentrating purposes shall be deemed mature to include the last 11 days of November and 20ER15-3 suspending the anhydrous citrus acid ratio for fresh navel oranges for the 2015-16 season.
For more information, you may contact: Alice Wiggins, Agency Clerk, Florida Department of Citrus at 863-537-3965 or awiggins@citrus.myflorida.com

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting:

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/23/2015 Vol. 41/227

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