# Fla. Stat. § 500.02: 500.02 Purpose of chapter

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.02

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 500.02
- **Heading:** 500.02 Purpose of chapter
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 500 / Section 500.02

## Text

This chapter is intended to:

(1) Safeguard the public health and promote the public welfare by protecting the consuming public from injury by product use and the purchasing public from injury by merchandising deceit, flowing from intrastate commerce in food;

(2) Provide legislation which shall be uniform, as provided in this chapter, and administered so far as practicable in conformity with the provisions of, and regulations issued under the authority of, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946; and likewise uniform with the Federal Trade Commission Act, to the extent that it expressly prohibits the false advertisement of food; and

(3) Promote thereby uniformity of such state and federal laws and their administration and enforcement throughout the United States and in the several states.

History: s. 1, ch. 19656, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(665); s. 3, ch. 82-225; s. 2, ch. 87-388.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 500.01 500.01 Florida Food Safety Act; short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.01.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.02 500.02 Purpose of chapter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.02.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.03 500.03 Definitions; construction; applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.03.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.04 500.04 Prohibited acts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.04.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.09 500.09 Rulemaking; analytical work.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.09.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.10 500.10 Food deemed adulterated.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.10.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.11 500.11 Food deemed misbranded.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.11.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.12 500.12 Food permits; building permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.12.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.13 500.13 Addition of poisonous or deleterious substance to food.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.13.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.032 500.032 Declaration of policy and cooperation among departments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.032.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.033 500.033 Florida Food Safety and Food Defense Advisory Council.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.033.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.60 500.60 Regulation of meat preempted to state.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.60.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.70 500.70 Tomato food safety standards; inspections; penalties; tomato good agricultural practices; tomato best management practices.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.70.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 500.75 500.75 Mushroom spores and mycelium; offenses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXXXIII_C500_S500.75.md)

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