Approved Boxes (20-39.003)

DEPARTMENT OF CITRUS

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
20ER08-7: Approved Boxes (20-39.003)
SPECIFIC REASONS FOR FINDING AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE: Japanese importers have communicated to the Florida citrus industry that grapefruit shipments in boxes containing fiberboard honeycomb cells will no longer be accepted in Japan.
The discontinuation of shipments to Japan during the time periods required for regular rulemaking would adversely affect the public welfare and would pose an immediate danger to the public welfare, including, but not limited to, Florida’s citrus shippers.
Additionally, this emergency rule directly pertains to “perishable agricultural commodities” as expressly contemplated by Section 120.54(4)(b), F.S.
Therefore emergency rulemaking is justified, especially in light of the concurrent initialization of rulemaking with an identical rule.
REASON FOR CONCLUDING THAT THE PROCEDURE IS FAIR UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES: Adequate notice procedures were used by the Department of Citrus to inform the public and the Florida citrus industry of the pending adoption of Emergency Rule 20ER08-7 in that notice was made via mail on October 13, 2008 of the meeting to members of the Florida Citrus Commission, all industry organizations, the Florida Press Corps and other interested persons. The Florida Citrus Commission was requested to pursue emergency rulemaking by interested persons and parties who would be affected by the regular rulemaking in order to more quickly eliminate the need for production of new cartons with an experimental container number as required in Rule 20-39.012, F.A.C.
SUMMARY: Emergency Rule 20ER08-7 deletes the provision requiring fiberboard honeycomb cells from approved cartons DOC-29P and DOC-31P.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Alice P. Wiggins, License & Regulation Specialist, Legal Department, Florida Department of Citrus, P. O. Box 148, Lakeland, Florida 33802-0148 or [e-mail]

THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

20ER08-7  (20-39.003) Approved Boxes.

(1) Unless otherwise noted, all approved boxes are 4/5 bushel capacity.

(2) The name of the manufacturer and the official container number as designated in subsection (3) below shall be printed on the bottom outside flap of each approved box body in plainly legible characters.

(3) The following containers are hereby designated as approved boxes and, unless otherwise noted, may be used for shipment of all varieties of citrus fruit:

 

			Minimum Board	Minimum Board
Approved		Inside Body	Weights (actual	Weights (actual
Container	Construction	Dimension in inches	weight may be	weight may be
Number	Styles	(L × W × D)	heavier)***	heavier)***
			Body	Cover
DOC-01-P	Singlewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8**	42-33-69	42-33-42
DOC-02-V	Singlewall	17 × 11 1/2 × 9 3/4	42-33-69	42-33-42
		Oversized
DOC-03-V	Singlewall	17 × 12 × 9 3/4	42-33-69	42-33-42
		Oversized
DOC-04-PT	Tray style	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8**	42-33-42	42-33-42
DOC-05-PB	Bliss style	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8**	42-33-42	33-33-33
DOC-06-VT	Tray style	17 × 11 1/2 × 9 3/4	42-33-42	42-33-42
		Oversized
DOC-07-VT	Tray style	17 × 12 × 9 3/4	42-33-42	42-33-42
		Oversized
DOC-08-VB	Bliss style	17 × 11 1/2 × 9 3/4	42-33-42	33-33-33
		Oversized
DOC-09-VB	Bliss style	17 × 12 × 9 3/4	42-33-42	33-33-33
		Oversized
DOC-10-P	Doublewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8	42-33-42-33-42	42-26-42
		Partial telescope
		self-locking lid
		Tangerines and citrus
		hybrids only.**
DOC-11-XP	Singlewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 10 1/8**	90-33-90	42-33-42
DOC-12-XPT	Tray style	17 × 10 5/8 × 10 1/8**	69-33-69	42-33-42
DOC-13-XPS	Super X style	17 × 10 5/8 × 10 1/8**	42-40-69	42-33-42
DOC-14-P‡‡	Singlewall	15 7/8 × 10 5/8 × 6	42-33-42	42-33-42
		Full Telescope**
DOC-15-PT‡‡	Tray style	17 5/8 × 10 5/8 × 6	42-33-42	42-33-42
		Full Telescope**
DOC-16-WP	Wood slat	16 1/8 × 10 5/8 × 10 5/8	Wood slat	Wirebound
		End panels may be of
		material other than
		wood.**
DOC-17-WP	Wood slat	19 7/8 × 7 1/2 × 11 1/2	Wood slat	Wirebound
		End panels may be of
		material other than
		wood. Tangerines and
		citrus hybrids only.**
DOC-18-P	Singlewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8**	42-40-42	42-33-42
DOC-19-P	Singlewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8**	45-33-45	42-33-42
DOC-20-XP‡‡	Singlewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 10 1/8**	69-40-69	42-33-42
DOC-21-PT	Tray style	17 × 10 9/16 × 9 5/8	42-40-69	42-33-42
		4'' partial telescope tray
		cover.
		Tangerines and
		citrus hybrids only.**
DOC-22-P‡‡	Singlewall	13 1/4 × 10 5/8 × 7	42-33-42	42-33-42
		Full telescope**
DOC-23-VT	Tray style	17 × 12 × 9 5/8	69-33-42	42-33-42
		End slotted with
		short end flaps.
		Oversized
DOC-24-P	Singlewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8	69-40-90	42-33-42
		4'' partial telescoping
		tray cover.
		Tangerines and citrus
		hybrids only.**
DOC-25-PT‡‡	Tray style	16 1/8 × 10 5/8 × 6	42-33-42	42-33-42
		Full Telescope**
DOC-26-P	Singlewall	18 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 11 3/4	90-40-90	42-33-42
		Having three plastic
		trays per carton**
DOC-27-WV‡‡	Collapsible	46 × 38 × 21	Wooden bin	None
	wooden bin	Holds approximately
		20 4/5 bu. equiv. units.
DOC-28-P‡‡	Singlewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 6	42-33-42	42-33-42
		Full Telescope**
DOC-29-P	Singlewall	16 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 11 3/8	42-40-69	42-33-42
		Used with or without Having fiberboard honeycomb cells**
DOC-30-P‡‡	Singlewall	17 × 10 × 6 15/16	90-40-90	42-33-42
		Corrugated,
		full telescope**
DOC-31-P	Singlewall	16 11/16 ×11 8/16 ×	69-40-42	42-33-42
		11 14/16
		Corrugated with or without
		honeycomb dividers**
DOC-32-OV‡‡	Triplewall-Bulk bin	46 1/2 × 38 × 36	69-33-69-33-69-	69-26-69
		Octagonal	33-90
		watermelon bin
		with self-locking lid.
		Holds appx. 28 4/5
		bu. equiv.
DOC-33-P	Singlewall	20 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 7	42-33-69	42-33-42
		Telescoping with two
		trays per carton**
DOC-34-OV‡‡	Triplewall-Bulk bin	46 × 37 1/2 × 36	42-40-90-42-40-	42-26-69
		Octagonal with	90-40-90
		interlocking flaps.
		Holds approx.
		28 4/5 bu. equiv.
DOC-35-OV‡‡	Triplewall-Bulk bin	46 × 38 × 26 1/2	90-33-42-33-42-	69-26-69
		Tuff octagonal tube,	33-90
		holding appx. 24 4/5
		bu. equiv.
DOC-36-P	Doublewall	23 5/8 × 15 5/8 × 7	42-36-33-26-42
		Die cut platform tray,
		open top
DOC-37-RV‡‡	Triplewall-Bulk bin	46 1/2 × 38 1/2 × 26 1/2	64-33-35-64-33-	35-26-35
		Corrugated rectagon	96
		with diagonal corners
		and interlocking bottom
		(holds appx. 20 to 24 4/5
		bu. equiv.)
DOC-38-P	Singlewall	16 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 10 3/8	99-33-90	42-33-69
		Telescoping,
		half-slotted, optional
		molded fiber spring
		cushion trays.**
DOC-39-P	Doublewall	17 × 10 5/8 × 9 5/8	42-33-33-33-42	42-33-42
		Corrugated, half-slotted
DOC-40-P	Doublewall	18 15/16 × 14 3/16 ×	42-33-42-33-42	n/a
		11 13/16
		One-piece, die cut
DOC-41-P	Plastic	22 1/2 × 14 9/16 × 7 1/8	n/a	n/a
		One-piece,
		reusable/recyclable
		high-density
		polyethylene
DOC-42-P‡‡	Singlewall	17 1/2 × 11 1/8 × 8 3/4	90-40-90	42-33-42
		Holding 2/3 of a
		standard 4/5 bu.
		container, two-layer, full
		telescoping
DOC-43-OV‡‡	Triplewall	38 1/4 × 23 3/4 × 25 1/4	69-26-38-26-38-26-65	38-26-38
	1/2 bulk bin	Space-saver, octagon
		1/2 bin holding appx. 10
		1/2 4/5 bu. equiv. loose
		or 7-8 4/5 bu. equiv. bagged
DOC-44-PT	Doublewall	22 1/8 × 14 11/16 × 6 3/8	42-40-41-40-56	42-33-42
		B/c flute tray body, C
		flute cover
DOC-45-P	Singlewall	17 1/8 × 10 5/8 × 10 3/8	42-33-57	42-26-35
		4/5 c-flute, two piece,
		partial telescoping cover
DOC-46-PT	Doublewall	23 5/8 × 15 5/8 × 7	42-40-42-40-42	n/a
		4/5 40 x 60 Euro Wave Tray
DOC-47-PT	Doublewall	14 1/2 x 11 3/8 x 6 5/16	33-69-33-69	n/a
		2/5 bu, die-cut, open top,
		platform tray
DOC-48-PT	Doublewall	22 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 6 3/4 40 x 60 Euro Tray	42-33-42-34-42	n/a
DOC-49-RP	Plastic	22 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 10 3/4 Recyclable plastic container model RPC3	n/a	n/a
DOC-50-RP	Plastic	22 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 8 Recyclable plastic container model RPC2	n/a	n/a
DOC-51-P	Doublewall	22 1/8 x 14 11/16 x 3 13/16 2/5 bu, fully telescoping, singlewall lid and doublewall body; 200# b flute corrugated divider	42-40-42-40-42	42-33-56
DOC-52-PB	Doublewall	22 11/16 x 15 1/4  x 9 1/2 bagmaster Defor XD + vertical tray	42-33-57-33-69	n/a
DOC-53-RP	Plastic	22 7/16 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/16 reusable standard footprint container IFCO model 628	n/a	n/a
DOC-54-P	Doublewall	22 1/8 x 14 11/16 x 6 7/8 40 x 60 body, fully telescoping cover, c-flute	42-40-42-40-56	42-33-69
DOC-55-RP	Plastic	22 3/8 x 14 5/8 x 7 1/4 Recyclable crate model GP6419	n/a	n/a
DOC-56-RP	Plastic	22 3/8 x 14 5/8 x 9 7/8 Recyclable bagmaster crate model GP6425	n/a	n/a

 

** Container may be volume filled provided the sizes designated for each variety of fruit meet the requirements of subsections 20-39.007(1), 20-39.008(1) and 20-39.009(1), F.A.C.

‡‡ Container does not conform to 4/5 bushel requirement of subsection 20-39.003(1), F.A.C.

*** Minimum board weight requirements shall be waived when a compression strength test by an independent testing laboratory or manufacturer’s test report shows that the container made with a new material is equal to, or better than, compression strength of the container with minimum approved board weight. It shall be the responsibility of the first packinghouse using such container to acquire and provide records of such compression strength testing to the Department of Citrus prior to first use of the container. Each such container shall be identified by the placement of three asterisks (***) printed after the official container number on the bottom outside flap of the box body.

(4) Each container must be ventilated.

Specific Authority 601.11 FS. Law Implemented 601.11 FS. History– Formerly 105-1.03(1)(a), Revised 1-1-75, Amended 8-16-75, 8-11-77, 8-1-78, 8-21-79, 1-15-80, 10-20-80,  5-1-81,  9-1-82, 11-6-83, 10-21-84, 1-1-85, Formerly 20-39.03, Amended 9-11-86, 12-20-87, 10-14-90, 8-23-92,  10-18-92,1-19-93, 5-23-93, 10-10-93, 1-9-94, 10-16-94, 8-29-95, 10-13-96, 10-26-97, 12-6-98, 2-20-01, 12-26-01, 4-27-03, 10-21-03, 3-22-05,_________.

THIS RULE TAKES EFFECT UPON BEING FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNLESS A LATER TIME AND DATE IS SPECIFIED IN THE RULE.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2008