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 ...
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
20-53.001Maturity Standards
20-53.003Anhydrous Citric Acid Standards for Navels
The Florida Department of Citrus announces a telephone conference call to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Conference call: 1(888)670-3525, participant code: 4258434742#
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This meeting was noticed on the agency's website 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: Alice Wiggins.
If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.
Document Information
- Hearing Meeting:
- Conference Call: 1-888-670-3525, participant code 4258434742#
- Subject:
- 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 ...
- Meeting:
- telephone conference call
- Related Rules: (2)
- 20-53.001. Maturity Standards
- 20-53.003. Anhydrous Citric Acid Standards for Navels