120.54(4)(b), Florida Statutes, states that those rules pertaining to perishable agricultural commodities shall be included in the definition of rules relating to the public health, safety, or welfare. Due to adverse growing conditions over the last 10 years due to Huanglongbing (greening) disease significant amounts of the Florida orange crop in the 2015-2016 season will have an acid content below the 0.4 minimum established in rule. Strict enforcement of the anhydrous acid content requirements, which were adopted largely to control abuse of plant growth regulators which are no longer in use, could cause economic waste by allowing good and safe food to be ruled immature. After taking testimony and discussing the matter at a telephonic meeting and hearing in Bartow, Florida on November 19, 2015, the Florida Citrus Commission found that there exist unusual growing conditions which could cause a substantial portion of the orange crop to fail minimum acid requirements. They voted unanimously to adopt Emergency Rule 20ER15-2, adjusting the time period under which the anhydrous citrus acid has a minimum from December 1 through July 31 to November 19 through July 31 for oranges used in processing.