Florida Statutes Chapter 500 — FOOD PRODUCTS

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title XXXIII

• § 500.01 — Florida Food Safety Act; short title.
• § 500.02 — Purpose of chapter.
• § 500.03 — Definitions; construction; applicability.
• § 500.032 — Declaration of policy and cooperation among departments.
• § 500.033 — Florida Food Safety and Food Defense Advisory Council.
• § 500.04 — Prohibited acts.
• § 500.09 — Rulemaking; analytical work.
• § 500.10 — Food deemed adulterated.
• § 500.11 — Food deemed misbranded.
• § 500.115 — Advertisement of food deemed false.
• § 500.12 — Food permits; building permits.
• § 500.121 — Disciplinary procedures.
• § 500.13 — Addition of poisonous or deleterious substance to food.
• § 500.147 — Inspection of food establishments, food records, and vehicles.
• § 500.148 — Reports and dissemination of information; confidentiality.
• § 500.149 — Employment of help; expenses and salaries.
• § 500.165 — Transporting shipments of food items; rules; penalty.
• § 500.166 — Records of interstate shipment.
• § 500.167 — Carriers in interstate commerce; exception.
• § 500.169 — Enforcement of federal act.
• § 500.171 — Injunction to restrain violation.
• § 500.172 — Embargoing, detaining, destroying of food, food processing equipment, or areas that are in violation.
• § 500.173 — Causes for seizure and condemnation of foods.
• § 500.174 — Seizure; procedure; prohibition on sale or disposal of article; penalty.
• § 500.175 — Condemnation and sale; release of seized article.
• § 500.177 — Penalty for violation of s. 500.04; dissemination of false advertisement.
• § 500.178 — Duty of state attorney.
• § 500.179 — Issuance of warnings for minor violations.
• § 500.451 — Horse meat; offenses.
• § 500.452 — Cultivated meat; prohibition; penalties.
• § 500.459 — Water vending machines.
• § 500.511 — Fees; enforcement; preemption.
• § 500.60 — Regulation of meat preempted to state.
• § 500.70 — Tomato food safety standards; inspections; penalties; tomato good agricultural practices; tomato best management practices.
• § 500.75 — Mushroom spores and mycelium; offenses.
• § 500.80 — Cottage food operations.
• § 500.90 — Regulation of polystyrene products preempted to department.
• § 500.92 — Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act.
• § 500.93 — Mislabeling of plant-based products as milk, meat, or poultry.