This meeting was noticed to the agency head, industry organizations and media through the agency’s industry distribution email 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 and tangelos. 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 suspend through emergency rulemaking 20ER16-1 the anhydrous citrus acid ratio for fresh oranges and tangelos for the 2015-16 season.