§ 585.20, Fla. Stat. · Part II. DISEASE INSPECTION, CONTROL,AND ERADICATION
Injection of pathogenic organisms into animals.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
No person shall inject or otherwise administer to any animal that may be used as food for humans or whose products may be used as food for humans any virus or other substance containing pathogenic or disease producing organisms of a kind that is virulent to humans or which would cause any disease listed by the department as a dangerous transmissible disease in animals, except with the written permission of the State Veterinarian.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 9, ch. 17273, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 3323(9); s. 13, ch. 59-457; s. 24, ch. 90-321; s. 17, ch. 96-231; s. 1190, ch. 97-103.
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