The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-07

Marketing Board shall operate the
houses established under this Act
for the purpose of enabling citrus
growers or truck buyers handling
citrus fruit to have bulk shipments
or fruit in bags or similar contain
ers (but not in wooden boxes wash
ed and graded and. if desired by the
owner of the fruit, polished. All
tual cost to the grower or owner,
plus one cent for quantity equal
to one standard citrus box, which
one cent shall be used by the State
Agricultural Marketing Board to pay
for the cost of equipment and con-
struction necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act and for main
tenance and replacement costs.
Sec. 4. The State Agricultural
Marketing Board shall have auth
GRITTY to make rules and regulations
to carry out the provisions of this
Act
Sec. 5. The establishments created
under thic Act shall begin operations
on the first day of December of each
year and cease operations on June 1
of each year.
Sec. 6. All fruit processed under
this Act shall be inspected as now
or hereafter required by any State
or Federal law. rule or regulation
or marketing of citrus fruit and
the owner shall pay all advertising
taxes required by law
Sec. z. For the purpose of carry
ing out the provisions of this Act
the State Agricultural Marketing
Board shall use from the General
Inspection Fund the sum of Fifty
Thousand (50,000.00) Dollars or any
part thereof. and there is hereby
of money for this purpose from the
General Inspection Fund.
Sec. s, This Act shall take effect
Immediately upon becoming a law.
Became law without the Cover
nor's approval.
CHAPTER 1877
AN ACT Relating to and Regulat-
ing the Marking and Labelling of
Containers of Canned Citrus Fruit
and Canned Citrus Juice; Permitting
Certain Labelling andIor Stamping or
Embossing When Canned Citrus
Canned to a Certain Standard Pro-
hibiting the Use of Such Labelling
and Stamping or Enclosing Unless
the Canned Citrus Product is Can
ned in Accordance With Certain
Grades and Providing Penalties for
the Violation of this Act.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
tne State Of Florida:
Sec. 1. That. as used in this Act
(a) The term person" means
and includes individuals, firms, par
fnarChln n
and any other business unit.
(b) The term ''citrus fruit" means
and includes only the fruits Citrus
Grandis. Osbeck, commonly called
grapefruit. and/or Citrus Sinensis,
Osbeck. commonly called oranges.
(c) The term 'canner" means and
includes any person engaged in the
business of processing or preserving
or canning in any manner or form
whatsoever grapefruit and oranges
or their juices.
I'D The term canned citrus prod
ucts" shall include canned grape
fruit, canned grapefruit Juice and
canned orange juice
Sec. 2. Packed to standard" when
used in this Act refers only to cit
rus fruit grown in the State of
Florida means:
(a) GRAPEFRUIT
canned grapefruit, that the said can
ned grapefruit has been prepared
from the properly matured whole
some fruit of the grapefruit tree.
after having been properly trimmed.
peeled and washed. membranes COM
prising the segment walls, cores and
seeds removed, segments separated,
packed with the addition of sugar
or syrup in heremitcally sealed con-
tainers. and sterilized by heat.
Canned Grapefruit is composed of
segments of which not less than so
percent by weipht, are whole. or
practically whole after processing
which are reasonably uniform in
size. have typical, bright color,
= possess a firm. but not fibrous tex
ture; the syrup surrounding the
segments is reasonably clear and
tests not less than IS degrees Brix.
The drained net weight of the fruit
is not less than 55 precent of the
capacity of the can. The product
is practically free from defects and
possesses a typical grapefruit flavor.
"18 degrees Brix' means that the
syrup shall test IS degrees at 68 de-
grees Fahrenheit, when tested with
a Brix spindle, or hydrometer, cali
brated at that temperature.
practically whole" means that
S02InenLS
has been preserved to the extent
that the segment is not less than
20 percent of its original size, but
no piece shall be considered prac-
tically whole which weighs less
than one-quarter ounce.
Properly matured wholesome"
means that the fruit has been pre-
pared from fruit meeting the re-
qulrements of the State as set for
canning fruit. as well as the re-
requirements of the Federal Food.
Drug and Cosmetic Act and State
Food and Drug Act.
Capacity of Can" means weight
Of the volume of distilled water at
% degrees Fahrenheit, the can will
hold when completely filled.
DRAINED BY WEIGHT
Drained net weights of grapefruit
are determined by emptying the con-
tents of the can upon a circular
sieve of proper diameter, containing
meshes to the inch, and allowing
to drain for two minutes. Sieve di-
ameters used are inches for No.
2 size cans, or smaller, and ~
inches for No. 2la size, or larger.
tb) CITRUS SALAD.
Canned Citrus Salad that the SAID
canned citrus salad has been pre-
pared from sections of the prop
erly matufed wholesome citrus fruit
after having been properly trimmed.
peeled and washed, membranes
comprising the segmnets walls, cores
and seeds removed. segments sep
arated packed with addition to sug-
are or syrup in Theoretically sealed
containers. and sterilized by heat.
Canned Citrus Salad is composed
n orr