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Fla. Stat. § 877.06 — Labeling of beef not slaughtered according to state or United States standards; enforcement; penalty
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 877: Miscellaneous Crimes, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 877.06
Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.
(1) Every person, firm, or corporation operating a restaurant or any other eating place, or retail or wholesale market or packinghouse, in this state, and who sells beef that has not been slaughtered and inspected according to standards established by either the Government of Florida or of the United States, shall mark, stamp, or describe the same by the following words, “slaughtered in” followed by the name of the state or country and the words “has not been slaughtered and inspected according to federal or state standards.”
(2)(a) Packinghouses and wholesale and retail meat markets before sale of beef which is within the purview of subsection (1) shall plainly stamp on each carcass, each carton, each can, and each container, the words prescribed in subsection (1) and all advertising as to the sale of such beef shall include such words; provided, however, that a conspicuous sign containing the words prescribed in subsection (1) visibly displayed near the display of such beef in retail markets may be used when the stamping of individual cuts of beef is impractical.(b) It shall be the duty of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services through its agents or inspectors to enforce the provisions of this subsection.
(3)(a) Restaurants or other eating places advertising their meals or food, by menus or otherwise, shall set out plainly in such menus, advertisements or otherwise as to beef coming within the purview of the law the words prescribed in subsection (1).(b) It shall be the duty of the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation through its agents or inspectors to enforce the provisions of this subsection.
(4) Any person willfully and knowingly violating any of the provisions of this section or any person who fails to comply with any of the requirements hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and each day during which such a violation shall continue, shall be deemed a separate violation and a separate offense.
(5) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional words in describing the grade, quality, or kind of such beef.
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Is labeling of beef not slaughtered according to state or United States standards; enforcement; penalty a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Labeling of beef not slaughtered according to state or United States standards; enforcement; penalty is a Misdemeanor of the Second Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 877.06.
Which Florida statute covers labeling of beef not slaughtered according to state or United States standards; enforcement; penalty?
Labeling of beef not slaughtered according to state or United States standards; enforcement; penalty is governed by Fla. Stat. § 877.06 (Labeling of beef not slaughtered according to state or United States standards; enforcement; penalty).
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