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 Navel crop in the 2015-2016 season will have an acid content below the 0.36 minimum established in rule. Strict enforcement of the anhydrous acid content requirements 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 exists 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 20ER15-3, suspending the anhydrous citric acid requirement for Navels for fresh use for the 2015-16 season.