Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
FDACS
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is the first-order subnational public authority responsible for agriculture in Florida.
- Jurisdiction
- Florida
- Government level
- State
- Authority type
- Department
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.fdacs.gov
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Agriculture is a named portfolio in the department’s official title.
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Food safety
Consumer services is a named portfolio of the same department, published alongside agriculture.
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in Florida.
- Official source
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Source page
- https://www.fdacs.gov
- What the source says
- “Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- Portfolio scope is taken from the department’s official title; statutory powers are set out in Florida law and are not asserted here.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official government site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the body as Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.fdacs.gov · domain classification: Official government portal
Important limitations
- Portfolio scope is taken from the department’s official title; statutory powers are set out in Florida law and are not asserted here.