500.304  Enforcement.--The department is charged with the duty of enforcing ss. 500.301-500.306 and is authorized and directed to adopt, amend, or rescind rules and orders for the efficient enforcement of such sections. The department is further authorized to:

(1)  Suspend the requirement of s. 500.302 for a temporary period if it finds that there is an existing or imminent shortage of any vitamin or mineral required by state standards of enrichment.

(2)  Permit the omission, in whole or in part, of any vitamin or mineral from a food in the class of foods to which s. 500.303 applies if it finds that the inclusion of such class may adversely affect one or more desirable characteristics of the food.

(3)  Exempt, in whole or in part, from ss. 500.301-500.306 sales to hospitals or other such institutions, or foods served by these institutions, if it is found that good reason for such exemption exists.

History.--s. 5, ch. 74-41; s. 31, ch. 82-225; s. 24, ch. 87-388; s. 24, ch. 94-180.