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.