1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXXV AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 585 Animal Industry  
PART III ANIMAL AND ANIMAL PRODUCT INSPECTION AND LABELING (ss. 585.70-585.96)
585.85   Prohibited transportation of certain animals and animal products.

585.85  Prohibited transportation of certain animals and animal products.--

(1)  No person shall engage in the business of buying, selling, transporting, or receiving for transportation in intrastate commerce any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal, any product of an animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, or any inedible animal product that is capable of use as human food unless such animal product has been visibly denatured by an approved method such as dye, except in accordance with such rules as the department may prescribe to ensure that such animal product shall be prevented from being used for human food purposes. A person who violates this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2)  It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce, undenatured pet food for human consumption. A person who violates this subsection commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3)  Pet food denatured pursuant to subsection (1) shall be sold in packages and bear a label as prescribed by rules of the department.

History.--s. 58, ch. 90-321; s. 8, ch. 91-294.