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

forty-hundredths Qo40 percent ard
not more than ten and fifty hun
dredths 00.50 percent the minimum
ratio Of total soluble solids to amy
drous citric acid shall be seven and
twenty-five hundredths to one CTS
to u.
Z. When the total soluble solids Of
the juice is not less than ten and
fifty-hundredths (10.50) percent and
not more than ten and siXty-hun-
dredths G0.60) percent the minimum
ratio of soluble solids to anhydrous
citric acid shall be seven and twen-
ty-hundredths to one 7.20. to II
s. When the total soluble solids
of the Juice is not less than ten and
sixty-hundredths U060) percent and
not more than ten and seventy-hun-
dredths G0.70) percent the minimum
ratio of SOLUBLE solids TO anhydrous
citric acid shall be seven and fiji
teen hundredths to one a. Is to ID.
9. When the total soluble solids of
the Juice is not less than ten and
seventy-hundredths 1U.70) percent
and not more than ten and eighty
hundredths 10.S0) percent the mini
mum ratio of soluble solids to amy
drous citric acid shall be seven and
ten hundredths to one 010 to u.
10. When the total soluble solids
eighty hundredths 0.S0 percent and
not more than ten and ninety-hun-
dredths (1090 percent the minimum
ratio of soluble solids to anhydrous
citric acid shall be seven and five
hundredths to one COS to -.
II. When the total soluble solids
of the iuice is not less than ten
and ninety-hundredths U0.9O per-
cent. the minimum ratio of soluble
dc 10 fPin ch
be seven to one q to -.
Sec. 6. In determining the total
soluble solids of citrus fruit within
the purpose and meaning of this
Act. the Brix hydrometer shall be
used. and the reading of the hydro
meter corrected for temperature shall
be considered as the per centum of
the total soluble solids. Anhydrous
citric acid shall be determined by
alkali and Phenolphtha1ein as the in
dictator the total acidity being cal
culated as anhydrous citric acid. All
juice used in determining ratios of
solids to acids in all citrus fruit,
shall be extracted by hand. without
the use of any kind of mechanical
pressure or other device.
Sec. Z. Any citrus fruit not con-
forming to the standards set forth
in Sections 3. 4, 5 and 6 of this Act
shall be deemed and held to be i'm
mature within the meaning of this
Act and unfit for human consump-
ton. In the testing of fruit to de-
termine whether the same conforms
to such standards any inspector shall
have the right and authority to test
the individual fruit in any given
sample of fruit drawn in the number
and by the manner as prescribed by
regulation of the Florida Citrus
Commission If, upon the testing
of the juice of said individual fruit
in any sample. more than ten per-
cent of said individual fruit shall
fail by more than One-half % per-
Centage point to meet the minimum
ratio of total soluble solids to anhy-
drous citric acid which is required
by this Act for such fruit, then all
of the fruit in the lot from which
said sample was drawn shall be
deemed and held to be immature
within the meaning of this Act, and
unfit for human consumption.
Sec. g. The owner, manager or
operator of each canning plant in the
State of Florida at which it is in
tended to can or process citrus fruit
prior to November 18th shall regis
ter such canning plant and its loca-
ton with the Commissioner of Ag-
riculture not less than five days be-
fore the beginning of any canning
and shall give written notice to said
Commissioner of the date on which
the canning plant will begin to re-
ceiVe fruit for canning purposes ;
provided, however that the five days
notice may be waived by approval
of the Commissioner. The Commits
SiOner of Agriculture shall issue a
certificate of registration to each
such canning plant registering; pro-
Vided. however, that no such GER
tificate of registration shall be is
sued TO any canning plant unless the
operator thereof shall have first ap-
piled for and received his license
as a citrus fruit dealer and furnish
ed his bond as such citrus fruit deal
err. in accordance with law. 1t shall
be unlawful for any person to OPP
crate canning plant or can any
citrus fruit at such canning plant
without having previously registered
said canning plant and given the no.
tice herein required, and receiving
and still having unreVoked from the
Commissioner of Agriculture a GER
tifiCate; provided that no certificate
of inspection and maturity of any
fruit shall be issued by any autho-
rized inspector except to a person
who has registered with the Commits
sioner during the then current year
and has an unreVOked certificate of
registration and has given to said
Commissioner the notice as required
by this Act nor shall any certifi-
cate of inspection and maturity be
issued until after payment of the
inspection fee imposed by or under
the provisions of this Act, such pay
ment to be evidenced as herein re-
CURED or authorized.
For canning or processing any cit
rus fruit immature. as defined in
this Act, or unfit for human consum-
ption, the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture shall revoke for a period of not
less than five 90 days nor more
than fourteen QD days. the cerifi-
cate of registration of any canning
plant whose owner. manager, oper-
ator, or foreman or other person in
authority. shall can or otherwise
process any such citrus fruit as
aforesaid. and if canning be accom-
panied by trickery, fraud, bribery,
or other fraudulent methods or de-
vice. then such revocation shall be
for such longer period as the Com
missioner of Agriculture shall deem
necessary to prevent repetition ;
and for repeated attempts the said
Commissioner shall permanently re-
woke said certificate and no inspec-
ton certificate shall be issued to any
canning plant whose certificate of
registration has been revoked. during
the period of such revocation, and
no such canning plant shall be used
for the canning of citrus fruit dur
ing the period when such registra-
ttion certificate is revoked
Sec. 8. Every Gamer of citrus
fruit between the dates of August
31st and November 18th of each
year shall pay to the Commission
er of Agriculture a maturity inspec-
ton fee of one Gc) cent for each box
of citrus fruit canned. provided, how
ever that the minimum inspection fee
to be paid by any canning plant
which operates for canning prior to