On June 17, 2011, the Citrus Research Development Foundation recommended to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services an assessment rate of three cents (3¢) per each standard packed box of citrus fruit for the season August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012. In accordance with the Citrus Research Order and Section 573.118, Florida Statutes, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has set the assessment rate at three cents (3¢) per each standard packed box of citrus fruit for the season August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012.