{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-601.89","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 601.89","heading":"Citrus fruit; when damaged by freezing.","body":"(1) Citrus fruit shall be deemed “seriously” damaged by freezing when such freezing causes:\n(a) Marked dryness to extend into the segments of oranges and grapefruit more than 1/2 inch at the stem end; or into segments of mandarin or hybrid varieties more than 1/4 inch at the stem end; or more than an equivalent amount by volume of dryness to occur in any other portions of the fruit.\n(b) Internal freeze-related injury, as defined in subsection (3), when such condition or combination of conditions is determined to affect the fruit to a degree equal in seriousness to that described in paragraph (a).\n(2) Citrus fruit shall be deemed “damaged” by freezing when such freezing causes:\n(a) Marked dryness to extend into the segments of oranges and grapefruit more than 1/4 inch but less than 1/2 inch at the stem end; or into segments of mandarin or hybrid varieties more than 1/8 inch but less than 1/4 inch at the stem end; or more than an equivalent amount by volume of dryness to occur in any portions of the fruit.\n(b) Internal freeze-related injury, as defined by subsection (3), when such condition or combination of conditions is determined to affect the fruit to a degree equal in seriousness to that described in paragraph (a).\n(3) Internal freeze-related injury to citrus fruit, caused by freezing, shall consist of any of the following:\n(a) Wet cores or wet segment walls;\n(b) Water soaking;\n(c) Juice cell breakdown;\n(d) Mushy condition;\n(e) Honeycomb or open spaces in pulp; or\n(f) Other evidence of internal breakdown, decay, or moldy condition.\nHistory.—s. 89, ch. 25149, 1949; s. 1, ch. 81-97.","path":["CHAPTER 601 FLORIDA CITRUS CODE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0601/0601.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:10:11Z","sha256":"82955ed64ce0eb3d1b83435a74dc870d945711e5b07f23986928915e85906b18","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-601.88","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-601.91"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}