(1) No wholesale or retail dealer, as defined in s. 379.362(1), shall sell any oysters produced outside this state unless they are labeled as such, or unless it is otherwise reasonably made known to the purchaser that the oysters were not produced in this state.
(2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall promulgate rules whereby oysters produced in Florida waters can be traced to the location from which they were harvested. A wholesale or retail dealer may not sell any oysters produced in this state unless they are labeled so that they may be traced to the point of harvesting.
History.—s. 7, ch. 86-219; s. 21, ch. 86-240; s. 47, ch. 91-221; s. 235, ch. 94-356; s. 250, ch. 99-245; s. 86, ch. 2008-247.
Note.—Former s. 370.1603.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Chapter 379 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Part II - Marine Life (Ss. 379.2401-379.26)
379.2401 - Marine fisheries; policy and standards.
379.2402 - Marine information system.
379.2411 - Saltwater fish; regulations.
379.2412 - State preemption of power to regulate.
379.2413 - Catching food fish for the purposes of making oil.
379.2421 - Fishers and equipment; regulation.
379.2422 - Illegal use of nets.
379.2423 - Carriage of proscribed nets across Florida waters.
379.2425 - Spearfishing; definition; limitations; penalty.
379.2426 - Regulation of shark fins; penalties.
379.2431 - Marine animals; regulation.
379.2432 - Manatee protection; intent; conduct of studies; initiatives and plans.
379.2433 - Enhanced manatee protection study.
379.244 - Crustacea, marine animals, fish; regulations; general provisions.
379.245 - Spiny lobster reports by dealers during closed season required.
379.246 - Tortugas shrimp beds; gifted and loan property.
379.248 - Sponges; regulation.
379.2495 - Florida Ships-2-Reefs Program; matching grant requirements.
379.25 - Sale of unlawfully landed product; jurisdiction.
379.2511 - Lease of state-owned water bottoms for growing oysters and clams.
379.2512 - Oyster bottom land grants made pursuant to ch. 3293.
379.2521 - Rulemaking authority with respect to marine life.
379.2522 - Oysters produced in and outside state; labeling; tracing; rules.
379.2523 - Aquaculture definitions; marine aquaculture products, producers, and facilities.