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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to country of origin for wild and 2
farm-raised fish; amending s. 500.11, F.S.; providing 3
that wild and farm-raised fish are considered 4
misbranded under certain circumstances; creating s. 5
500.601, F.S.; requiring the Commissioner of 6
Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish the 7
Florida Wild Fish and Seafood Certification Program; 8
providing commissioner and Department of Agriculture 9
and Consumer Services duties; providing program 10
requirements for fishermen, seafood dealers, and wild 11
fish and seafood products; creating s. 500.65, F.S.; 12
requiring food establishments selling wild or farm -13
raised fish to provide specified information relating 14
to the fish on a sign; providing requirements for the 15
sign; defining the term "wild or farm -raised fish"; 16
creating s. 509.1011, F.S.; requiring public food 17
service establishments selling wild or farm -raised 18
fish to publish specified information relating to the 19
fish through certain means; providing requirements for 20
publishing such information; providing applicability; 21
defining the term "wild or farm -raised fish"; amending 22
s. 509.292, F.S.; providing penalties for mislabeled 23
wild and farm-raised fish; providing an eff ective 24
date. 25
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27
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Section 1. Paragraph (q) is added to subsection (1) of 29
section 500.11, Florida Statutes, to read: 30
500.11 Food deemed misbranded. — 31
(1) A food is deemed to be misbranded: 32
(q) If it is wild or farm -raised fish not labeled in 33
accordance with s. 500.65. 34
Section 2. Section 500.601, Florida Statutes, is created 35
to read: 36
500.601 Florida Wild Fish and Seafood Certification 37
Program.— 38
(1)(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture a nd Consumer 39
Services shall establish the Florida Wild Fish and Seafood 40
Certification Program. The program shall establish a quality 41
certification program for Florida wild fish and seafood 42
products, including wild -caught shrimp, which are taken, 43
harvested, or landed in this state. The Department of 44
Agriculture and Consumer Services shall adopt rules to establish 45
the program and program standards. The standards must include, 46
but are not limited to: 47
1. Harvest requirements. 48
2. Compliance standards. 49
3. Packaging requirements. 50
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4. Certification protocols. 51
(b) The commissioner may consult with the Department of 52
Health, state universities, and other state or federal agencies 53
deemed appropriate, when establishing regulatory authority over 54
and requirements for the program. 55
(2) All wild fish and seafood products intended to be 56
certified and marketed as Florida wild fish or Florida wild 57
seafood product must meet all criteria and requirements 58
established in rule by the department. Any fish or seafood 59
product sold or attempted to be sold under the program that 60
fails to meet the requirements of the program must be 61
immediately removed from the market and disposed of, as 62
prescribed by department rule. 63
(3) Any fisherman or seafood dealer who wishes to 64
participate in the program shall apply to the department, in a 65
manner prescribed by the department, to be issued a 66
participation permit. The permit may be suspended or revoked by 67
the department for a violation of the requirements of the 68
program. Any holder of a permi t who harvests or markets wild 69
fish or wild seafood products in accordance with the program may 70
market the wild fish or wild seafood products as Florida wild 71
fish and Florida wild seafood products. 72
Section 3. Section 500.65, Florida Statutes, is create d to 73
read: 74
500.65 Labeling of wild and farm -raised fish.— 75
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(1) Each food establishment selling wild or farm -raised 76
fish that originated outside of the United States shall provide 77
whether the fish is wild or farm -raised and the country of 78
origin for such fish or denote that such fish is imported in 79
letters no smaller than the same size, font, and shade as the 80
fish being offered is listed, by means of a label, stamp, mark, 81
placard, or other visible sign on the package, display, holding 82
unit, or bin contain ing the fish at the final point of sale or 83
by posting a sign stating such information. The sign must be at 84
least 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall and placed not less than 85
36 inches from the floor located in a conspicuous location where 86
the fish is held for offer using English letters not less than 1 87
inch in size. 88
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "wild or farm -89
raised fish" includes fish and shrimp. The term does not include 90
crabs, lobsters, oysters, crayfish, clams, or scallops. 91
Section 4. Section 509.1011, Florida Statutes, is created 92
to read: 93
509.1011 Labeling of wild and farm -raised fish.— 94
(1) Each public food service establishment selling wild or 95
farm-raised fish that originated outside of the United States 96
shall provide the country of origin for such fish and: 97
(a) Display on its menus the country of origin of the fish 98
and whether the fish is wild or farm -raised in letters no 99
smaller than the same size, font, and shade as the wild or farm -100
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raised fish being sold is listed, immediatel y adjacent to the 101
menu listing; 102
(b) Affix to its menus a piece of paper with the country 103
of origin of the fish and whether the fish is wild or farm -104
raised in letters no smaller than the same size, font, and shade 105
as the wild or farm-raised fish being sol d is listed; or 106
(c) Post a sign stating the country of origin for the fish 107
and whether the fish is wild or farm -raised. The sign must be at 108
least 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches tall and placed not less 109
than 36 inches from the floor and be located in a con spicuous 110
location where the fish is held for sale using English letters 111
not less than one inch in size. 112
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The requirements of this subsection apply to any dish served by 114
a public food service establishment that contains any wild or 115
farm-raised fish that originated outside of the United States . 116
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "wild or farm -117
raised fish" includes fish and shrimp. The term does not include 118
crabs, lobsters, oysters, crayfish, clams, or scallops. 119
Section 5. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of 120
section 509.292, Florida Statutes, to read: 121
509.292 Misrepresenting food or food product; penalty. — 122
(1) An operator may not knowingly and willfully 123
misrepresent the identity of any food or food product to any of 124
the patrons of such establishment. The identity of food or a 125
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food product is misrepresented if: 126
(d) For wild or farm -raised fish, the wild or farm -raised 127
fish is not labeled in accordance with s. 509.1011. 128
Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 129