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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.239 - Endorsement to sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs: Requirement; application; issuance; inspection; duration; notice of renewal; prohibition on charging fees.

1. A farm owner or operator shall not sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs within this State unless the farm owner or operator has been issued a certificate by the Department pursuant to NRS 576.128 and an endorsement of the certificate by the Department indicating that the egg products or shell eggs were produced by an egg-laying hen which was confined in a manner that complies with NRS 583.237.
2. To apply for an endorsement required by subsection 1, a farm owner or operator must submit to the Department with an application for a certificate or renewal of a certificate issued pursuant to NRS 576.128:
(a) An attestation that the farm owner or operator confined the egg-laying hens in a manner that complies with NRS 583.237; and
(b) Evidence that the enclosures for egg-laying hens have been inspected by a person described in subsection 4.
3. The Department shall issue the endorsement required by subsection 1 to an applicant if:
(a) The farm owner or operator submits the information required pursuant to subsection 2; and
(b) The Department determines that such information is sufficient to indicate compliance with NRS 583.237.
4. The Department may use a government inspector, including, without limitation, an inspector who is employed, contracted with or authorized by the Department, or a private inspection or process verification provider to ensure compliance with NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, during the production and the handling of egg products and shell eggs. If the Department uses such an inspector or provider, the Department must approve the inspector or provider as competent to ensure compliance with NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive.
5. Each endorsement issued pursuant to subsection 3 is valid for the period for which the certificate issued pursuant to NRS 576.128 is valid.
6. If a holder of a certificate issued pursuant to NRS 576.128 holds an endorsement issued pursuant to this section, the Department shall include in any notice of renewal of the certificate provided to the holder of the certificate a notice to renew the endorsement issued pursuant to this section.
7. The Department may require an inspection of the enclosure for egg-laying hens to determine whether to renew an endorsement issued pursuant to this section. If the Department determines that an inspection of the enclosure is required for the renewal of the endorsement, the endorsement remains in effect until the endorsement expires or until the Department makes a determination whether to renew the endorsement, whichever occurs later.
8. The Department may not charge a fee for the issuance or renewal of an endorsement pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.241 - Endorsement to sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs: Denial, suspension or revocation.

The Department may deny an application for an endorsement or an application for the renewal of an endorsement submitted pursuant to NRS 583.239 or suspend or revoke an endorsement issued pursuant to NRS 583.239 upon any of the following grounds:
1. The failure or refusal of a farm owner or operator to comply with the provisions of NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, or any regulations adopted by the State Quarantine Officer pursuant thereto;
2. The failure or refusal of a farm owner or operator to cooperate with an inspection conducted pursuant to NRS 583.239 or 583.247; or
3. Selling, offering or exposing for sale or transporting for sale egg products or shell eggs within this State without being issued a certificate pursuant to NRS 576.128 and an endorsement issued pursuant to NRS 583.239.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.243 - Endorsement to sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs: Appeal of denial, suspension or revocation.

A farm owner or operator who is aggrieved by an action of the Department concerning the denial, suspension or revocation of an endorsement pursuant to NRS 583.241 may, not later than 10 business days after the date on which the action of the Department is taken, file a notice of appeal to the Department in the manner set forth by the State Quarantine Officer by regulation.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2215)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.245 - Business owners and operators: Prohibition on engaging in certain acts; requirement to obtain, retain and provide copies of certain certificates; reliance in good faith is defense.

1. A business owner or operator shall not knowingly sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs within this State if the business owner or operator knows or should have known that the egg products or shell eggs were produced by an egg-laying hen which was confined in a manner that conflicts with the standards set forth in NRS 583.237.
2. A business owner or operator shall obtain a copy of the certificate issued pursuant to NRS 576.128 that contains the endorsement issued pursuant to NRS 583.239 from the farm owner or operator to whom the certificate is issued before doing any business governed by NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, with the farm owner or operator.
3. The business owner or operator shall:
(a) Retain a copy of the certificate obtained pursuant to subsection 2; and
(b) Provide a copy of the certificate to the Department upon request.
4. It is a defense to any action to enforce NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, that a business owner or operator relied in good faith upon a certificate obtained pursuant to subsection 2.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2215)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.247 - Enforcement; free access to farm or business and records of farm or business.

1. The Department shall enforce the provisions of NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive.
2. The Department or an authorized inspector or agent of the Department is entitled to free access during regular business hours to an applicable farm or business and to the records of such a farm owner or operator or business owner or operator for the purpose of inspecting such farm, business or record to determine whether any of the provisions of NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, are being or have been violated.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2215)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.255 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 583.265 to 583.429, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 982; A 1971, 890; 1991, 21; 1997, 68; 2015, 3626; 2019, 1615)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.268 - "Animal food manufacturer" defined.

"Animal food manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 886)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.272 - "Capable of use as human food" defined.

"Capable of use as human food" applies to any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any poultry, unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the Officer to deter its use as human food, or it is naturally inedible by humans.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 886)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.277 - "Custom processing establishment" defined.

"Custom processing establishment" means a fixed facility that slaughters or processes livestock or poultry for or upon request by the owner or person in lawful possession of the livestock or poultry at the facility. The term does not include an official establishment.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1614)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.295 - "Inspector" defined.

"Inspector" means:
1. A person who has entered into a contract pursuant to NRS 583.448; or
2. An employee or official of the Department authorized by the Officer to inspect livestock, poultry, game mammals or birds or carcasses or parts thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 984; A 1973, 1406; 1991, 21; 1993, 2799; 2015, 3626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.315 - "Label" defined.

"Label" means any written, printed or graphic material upon the shipping container, if any, or upon the immediate container, including but not limited to an individual consumer package, of an article, or accompanying such article.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 984)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.317 - "Labeling" defined.

"Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:
1. Upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers; or
2. Accompanying such article.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.339 - "Meat broker" defined.

"Meat broker" means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other than for the person’s, firm’s or corporation’s own account or as an employee of another person, firm or corporation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.345 - "Meat food product" defined.

"Meat food product" means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or other equines, except products which contain meat or other portions of such carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from definition as a meat food product by the Officer under such conditions as the Officer may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of such carcasses contained in such product are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as meat food products.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 984; A 1971, 891)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.357 - "Mobile processing unit" defined.

"Mobile processing unit" means any truck, trailer, van or other vehicle that is used to slaughter or process livestock or poultry for or upon request by the owner or person in lawful possession of the livestock or poultry at the owner’s or person’s farm or other facility or at a location approved by the Officer. The term does not include an official establishment.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1614)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.375 - "Official establishment" defined.

"Official establishment" means any establishment in this state, other than an establishment covered by subsection 1 of NRS 583.545, which on a commercial basis slaughters for hire any meat animal, game mammal, poultry or game bird for human consumption, and which has been inspected and approved by the Officer.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 985; A 1975, 602; 1993, 2799; 2015, 3626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.407 - "Poultry product" defined.

"Poultry product" means any poultry carcass, or part thereof, or any product which is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or part thereof, excepting products which contain poultry ingredients only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the poultry food industry, and which are exempted by the Officer from definition as a poultry product under such conditions as the Officer may prescribe to assure that the poultry ingredients in such products are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as poultry products.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.408 - "Poultry products broker" defined.

"Poultry products broker" means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling poultry products on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other than for the person’s own account or as an employee of another person.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.413 - "Renderer" defined.

"Renderer" means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses of poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, except rendering conducted under inspection.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.425 - "Wholesome Meat Act" defined.

"Wholesome Meat Act" means the Wholesome Meat Act, 34 Stat. 1260-1265, as amended, 21 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 986; A 1971, 893)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.429 - "Wholesome Poultry Products Act" defined.

"Wholesome Poultry Products Act" means the Wholesome Poultry Products Act, 82 Stat. 791, 21 U.S.C. §§ 451 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.435 - Declaration of policy; administration by Department.

1. Meat, meat food products, and poultry products are an important source of the supply of human food in this State and legislation to assure that such food supplies are unadulterated and otherwise fit for human consumption, and properly labeled, is in the public interest. Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this State to provide for the inspection of slaughtered livestock, poultry and other animals, and the carcasses and parts thereof which are used for human food, at certain establishments to prevent the distribution in intrastate commerce, for human consumption, of animal carcasses and parts thereof which are adulterated or otherwise unfit for human food.
2. The Department is hereby designated as the single state agency primarily responsible for the administration of the program established by NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 986; A 1971, 893; 1973, 1406; 1975, 602; 2015, 3626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.439 - Compliance required in intrastate commerce.

A person shall not, with respect to any poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, rabbits, game mammals or birds, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals:
1. Slaughter an animal or prepare an article which can be used as human food at any establishment preparing animals, carcasses or products for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the provisions of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive.
2. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce any such articles which:
(a) Are capable of use as human food;
(b) Are adulterated or misbranded at the time of the sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or
(c) Are required to be inspected pursuant to the provisions of this Title,
unless they have been so inspected and passed.
3. Do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing any article to be adulterated or misbranded.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 888; A 1975, 602; 1991, 22; 1993, 2799; 2019, 1615)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.445 - Ante mortem and postmortem inspection; quarantine; condemnation; processing in lieu of condemnation under certain circumstances.

1. The Officer, an inspector or a person acting as an inspector shall make an ante mortem inspection of livestock, poultry and game mammals and birds in any official establishment where livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds are slaughtered for commercial purposes.
2. Whenever slaughtering operations are being conducted, the Officer, an inspector or a person acting as an inspector shall make postmortem inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of each animal and bird slaughtered in an official establishment.
3. The Officer, inspector or person acting as an inspector shall quarantine, segregate and reinspect livestock, poultry, game mammals and birds, and carcasses and parts thereof in official establishments as he or she deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all carcasses of livestock, poultry, other animals and parts thereof found by the Officer, an inspector or person acting as an inspector to be adulterated in any official establishment must be condemned by the Officer or an inspector. If no appeal is taken from the determination of condemnation, the carcasses must be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of an inspector unless the carcasses can, by processing, be made unadulterated. In such a case they need not be so condemned and destroyed if processed under the supervision of an inspector and thereafter found to be unadulterated. If any appeal is taken from the determination of condemnation, the carcasses must be appropriately marked and segregated pending completion of an additional inspection. The appeal is at the cost of the appellant if the Officer, after a hearing, determines that the appeal is frivolous. If the determination of condemnation is sustained, the carcasses must be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of an inspector.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 986; A 1971, 893; 1991, 22; 1993, 2800; 2015, 3627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.448 - Authorization by State Quarantine Officer for person to act as inspector.

The Officer may:
1. Enter into a contract with a person to perform the duties of an inspector.
2. Authorize the owner or operator of an official establishment to act as an inspector for ante mortem and postmortem inspections.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 20)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.451 - Authority of owner or operator of official establishment to act as inspector.

An owner or operator of an official establishment may act as an inspector for ante mortem and postmortem inspections if the owner or operator receives written approval from the Officer.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 20)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.453 - Permit for official establishment: Application; inspection; nontransferability; posting.

1. A person shall not operate an official establishment unless the person receives a permit issued by the Officer.
2. A person must apply for a permit in the manner prescribed by the Department. The application must include:
(a) The applicant’s full name and address;
(b) A statement whether the applicant is a natural person, firm or corporation, and if a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners;
(c) A statement of the location and type of proposed establishment; and
(d) The signature of the applicant.
3. Upon receipt of an application, an inspector shall make an inspection of the establishment. If the inspection indicates that the requirements of this chapter have been met, the Officer shall issue a permit to the applicant.
4. A permit issued pursuant to this section is not transferable and must be posted in the establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 21; A 2015, 3627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.454 - License for custom processing establishment or mobile processing unit: Regulations; requirements; fees; establishment or unit deemed official establishment.

1. The Officer shall adopt regulations providing a process for a person to obtain a license to operate a custom processing establishment or mobile processing unit in this State.
2. The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) Must set forth, without limitation:
(1) The requirements for the issuance or renewal of the license;
(2) The fees, if any, for the issuance or renewal of the license;
(3) The requirements for operating the custom processing establishment or mobile processing unit, including, without limitation, standard operating procedures, sanitation, equipment, conditions, reporting, recordkeeping, labeling and packaging;
(4) A requirement for an inspection of the custom processing establishment or mobile processing unit to be conducted at least annually and at such other times as deemed necessary by the Department; and
(5) Any other requirements the Officer determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop sale order for a violation of any provision of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter; and
(b) Must be consistent with any regulations adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture.
3. When a person is issued a license to operate a custom processing facility or mobile processing unit pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1, the custom processing facility or mobile processing unit for which the license is issued shall be deemed to be an official establishment for the purposes of this section and NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1614)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.455 - Official establishment: Method of operation; requirements for approval; licensing by local government.

1. Each official establishment at which livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds are slaughtered for intrastate commerce must be operated in accordance with sanitary practices required by rules or regulations prescribed by the Officer. Carcasses or parts of livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds must not be admitted into any official establishment unless they have been prepared in accordance with procedures approved pursuant to NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, the Wholesome Poultry Products Act or the Wholesome Meat Act, or unless their admission is permitted by rules or regulations prescribed by the Department.
2. The Officer may issue a permit for an establishment to operate as an official establishment but shall not approve any establishment whose premises, facilities or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.
3. A local government shall not issue a business license for operation of any establishment unless it has been issued a permit as an official establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 986; A 1971, 894; 1975, 603; 1991, 23; 1993, 2800; 2015, 3627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.458 - Official establishment: Suspension and reinstatement of permit; revocation of permit.

1. The Officer may suspend a permit if the holder fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
2. If a permit is suspended, the Officer shall notify the holder in writing. The notice must contain a statement informing the holder that a hearing will be provided if a written request for a hearing is filed by the holder with the Officer.
3. A person whose permit has been suspended may, at any time, apply for reinstatement of the permit. The application must contain a statement signed by the applicant that in the applicant’s opinion the conditions causing the suspension have been corrected. Within 10 days after receipt of a written request, an inspector shall make an inspection. If the applicant is complying with the requirements of this chapter, the permit must be reinstated.
4. After opportunity for a hearing, the Officer may permanently revoke a permit for serious or repeated violations of any of the provisions of this chapter or for interference with an inspector in the performance of the inspector’s duties. Before revoking a permit, the Officer shall notify the holder in writing, by certified mail, stating the reason for which the permit is subject to revocation and the requirements for filing a request for a hearing.
5. The Officer may permanently revoke a permit unless a request for a hearing is filed with the Officer by the holder of the permit within 10 days after service of notice.
6. A hearing must be conducted by the Officer at a time and place designated by the Officer. The Officer shall:
(a) Make a finding and may sustain, modify or rescind any notice or order considered in the hearing.
(b) Furnish a written report of the decision to the holder of the permit.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 21)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.465 - Labeling and marking of carcasses.

1. Each carcass of livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds and each primal part of such a carcass must bear an official inspection mark and an approved plant number of the establishment when it leaves the official establishment. The Officer may at any time require by regulation additional marks or label information to appear on the carcasses of livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds, or parts thereof. Marks and labels required by this section must be applied only by, or under the supervision of, an inspector.
2. If the Officer has reason to believe that any label in use or prepared for use is false or misleading in any particular, the Officer may direct that the use of the label be withheld unless it is modified in the manner prescribed by the Officer. If the person using or proposing to use the label does not accept the determination of the Officer, the person may request a hearing, but the use of the label must, if the Officer so directs, be withheld pending a hearing and final determination by the Officer. A determination by the Officer is conclusive unless, within 30 days after the receipt of notice of the determination, the person adversely affected appeals to the district court in and for the county in which the person’s principal place of business is located.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 987; A 1971, 894; 1991, 23; 1993, 2801)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.469 - False or misleading markings, labels or containers: Use prohibited; stop orders; hearings; appeal.

1. No article subject to the provisions of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, shall be sold or offered for sale by any person, firm or corporation, in intrastate commerce, under any name or other marking or labeling which is false or misleading, or in any container of a misleading form or size, but established trade names and other markings and labeling and containers which are not false or misleading and which are approved by the Officer are permitted.
2. If the Officer has reason to believe any person, firm or corporation is violating subsection 1, the Officer may direct that such practice be stopped.
3. If such person, firm or corporation using or proposing to use such marking, labeling or container objects to the direction of the Officer, the person, firm or corporation may request a hearing, but the use of such marking, labeling or container shall, if the Officer so directs, be withheld pending the hearing and final determination by the Officer.
4. Any final determination by the Officer shall be conclusive unless, within 30 days after receipt of notice of such determination, the person, firm or corporation adversely affected thereby appeals to the district court for the county in which such person, firm or corporation has its principal place of business.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887; A 2019, 1616)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.472 - Unlawful advertising of meat or meat products; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for the owner, proprietor or manager of a retail meat market, personally or through another, to advertise any prepackaged meat or meat food product with a United States Department of Agriculture grade unless such meat or meat food product is actually available to the public and bears the grade awarded to it by the United States Department of Agriculture.
2. It is unlawful for the owner, proprietor or manager of a retail meat market, personally or through another, to advertise carcass, quarter or primal cuts of meat with a USDA grade unless the USDA yield grade is included in the advertisement.
3. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $2,000.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 197; A 1979, 1488; 2015, 3628)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.476 - Return of processed carcass of livestock, game mammal or bird other than one delivered for processing prohibited; marking of carcass required; penalties.

1. If a carcass of livestock or of a game mammal or bird is delivered for processing to a person who is engaged in the business of processing such carcasses, the person shall not, if he or she returns the carcass after processing it to the person who delivered it, return to that person a processed carcass other than the carcass which was delivered for processing.
2. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of subsection 1, a person who is engaged in the business of processing carcasses of livestock or game mammals or birds shall mark any such carcass that is to be returned to the person who delivered it for processing in a manner which provides for the identification of that person.
3. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 583.700.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 68; A 2015, 3629)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.477 - Equine carcasses or parts: Identification marks or labels required; separate processing may be required.

1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce any carcasses of horses, mules or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or the meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the Officer to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.
2. When required by the Officer, with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this Title, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which poultry, cattle, sheep, swine or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 888)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.481 - Registration of name, address and trade name of business required.

No person, firm or corporation shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce:
1. As a meat broker, renderer or animal food manufacturer;
2. As a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, whether intended for human food or other purposes;
3. As a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for intrastate commerce; or
4. Of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce, or importing, any dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter,
unless, when required by regulations of the Officer, the person, firm or corporation has registered with the Officer the name, and the address of each place of business at which and all trade names under which the person, firm or corporation conducts such business.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 889)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.485 - Records; examination of facilities and inventory.

1. Persons engaged in the business of slaughtering, freezing, packing, labeling, buying and selling for intrastate commerce or transporting, shipping or receiving in such commerce livestock or poultry slaughtered for human consumption or holding such articles so received shall maintain such records as the Officer by regulation may require, showing, to the extent that they are concerned therewith, the receipt, delivery, sale, movement or disposition of such articles, and shall, upon the request of the Officer, permit the Officer at reasonable times to have access to and to copy all such records.
2. Any person, firm or corporation that engages in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a renderer, or engages in the business of buying, selling or transporting, in such commerce, any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or poultry, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall keep records subject to inspection pursuant to subsection 1.
3. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for a period of 2 years after the transaction has taken place which is subject to such record.
4. Persons, firms or corporations specified in subsections 1 and 2 shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Officer, afford such representative access to their places of business and an opportunity to examine the facilities and inventory and to take reasonable samples of their inventory, upon payment of the fair market value thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 988; A 1971, 896)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.495 - Penalties; persons not subject to penalties.

1. A person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 583.475 and 583.485:
(a) For a first violation, is subject to a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 583.700.
(b) For a second violation, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 583.700.
(c) For a third or subsequent violation, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 and subject to a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 583.700.
2. When construing or enforcing the provisions of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, the act, omission or failure of a person acting for or employed by an individual, partnership, corporation, association or other business unit, within the scope of the person’s employment or office, shall in every case be deemed the act, omission or failure of the individual, partnership, corporation, association or other business unit, as well as of the person.
3. A carrier is not subject to the penalties imposed by this section by reason of the carrier’s receipt, carriage, holding or delivery, in the usual course of business as a carrier, of livestock or poultry carcasses or parts thereof owned by another person, unless the carrier:
(a) Has knowledge, or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe, that the articles do not comply with the provisions of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive.
(b) Refuses to furnish, on request of a representative of the Officer, the name and address of the person from whom the carrier received the livestock or poultry carcasses, or parts thereof, and copies of all documents pertaining to the delivery of such carcasses, or parts thereof, to the carrier.
4. A person, firm or corporation is not subject to the penalties imposed by this section for receiving for transportation any shipment in violation of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, if the receipt was made in good faith, unless the person, firm or corporation refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the Officer:
(a) The name and address of the person from whom such shipment was received; and
(b) Copies of all documents pertaining to the delivery of the shipment to the person, firm or corporation.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 988; A 1971, 896; 1995, 1305; 2015, 3630; 2019, 1617)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.505 - Reporting of violations.

Before any person is prosecuted for violation of NRS 583.475 and 583.485, the Officer shall give such person against whom such proceeding is contemplated reasonable notice of the alleged violation and opportunity to present the person’s views orally or in writing with regard to such contemplated proceeding. Nothing in NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, requires that a person be prosecuted for violations of NRS 583.475 and 583.485 whenever the Officer believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice or warning.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 989; A 1971, 897)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.527 - Inspection of articles not intended for use as food for humans prohibited; denaturing or other identification required.

1. Inspection shall not be provided pursuant to NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, at any establishment for the slaughter of poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts thereof of such animals, which are not intended for use as human food.
2. Such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Officer to deter their use for human food.
3. No person, firm or corporation shall buy, sell, transport or offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce or import, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Officer or are naturally inedible by humans.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 889)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.529 - Detention of articles for investigation of violations; removal of official marks.

1. Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goat or equine is found by any authorized representative of the Officer upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, intrastate commerce or otherwise subject to NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending further investigation, and shall not be moved by any person, firm or corporation from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative.
2. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Officer that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 890; A 2019, 1618)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.537 - Regulation of commerce in dead or diseased animals or poultry.

No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce, or importing, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, or import, any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction, transportation or importation is made in accordance with such regulations as the Officer may prescribe to assure that such animals, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 889)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.539 - Regulation of storage and handling of carcasses and products.

The Officer may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products of poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, rabbits or game mammals, capable of use as human food, must be stored or otherwise handled by any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, or importing, such articles, whenever the Officer deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 889; A 1975, 604; 1993, 2801)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.543 - Penalty for acceptance of bribes.

If an inspector or the Officer accepts any money, gift or other thing of value from a person, firm or corporation with the knowledge that the money, gift or other thing of value is to influence the inspector’s or Officer’s official duty pursuant to NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, the inspector or Officer must be summarily discharged from office and is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 889; A 1979, 1488; 1995, 1305)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.545 - State law inapplicable to act or transaction regulated by federal act; agreements with Federal Government.

1. NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, do not apply to any act or transaction subject to regulation under the Wholesome Poultry Products Act and the Wholesome Meat Act.
2. The Department may enter into agreements with the Federal Government in carrying out the provisions of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, the Wholesome Poultry Products Act and the Wholesome Meat Act, and may accept financial aid from the Federal Government for such purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 990; A 1971, 899; 1973, 1406; 2015, 3630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.549 - Injunctive relief; specific enforcement.

The district courts of this state are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 887; A 2019, 1618)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.555 - Costs of inspection; schedule of killing days.

1. The cost of inspection of an official establishment must be paid by the owner or operator of the establishment.
2. The Officer may establish a mandatory schedule of killing days for an official establishment in any area of the State if the schedule conforms with the reasonable needs of the establishment and has received the approval of the Department. If such a schedule is established, it must be exclusively used for the inspection of the slaughtering operations of the official establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 990; A 1971, 899; 1973, 1406; 1991, 24; 2015, 3631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs › NRS 583.700 - Civil penalties; deposit and use of money.

1. Any person violating any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto is subject to a civil penalty. In addition to any other penalties set forth in this chapter, the Director of the Department may assess a civil penalty not to exceed:
(a) For the first violation, $250.
(b) For a second violation, $500.
(c) For each subsequent violation, $1,000.
2. Any money collected from the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and:
(a) Fifty percent of the money must be used to fund a program selected by the Director of the Department that provides loans to persons who are engaged in agriculture and who are 21 years of age or younger; and
(b) The remaining 50 percent of the money must be deposited in the Account for the Control of Weeds established by NRS 555.035.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3623)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 584 - Dairy Products › NRS 584.001 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 584.0055 to 584.009, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2424; A 2003, 174, 366; 2017, 148)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 584 - Dairy Products › NRS 584.007 - "Milk processing plant" defined.

"Milk processing plant" means any place, premises or establishment where milk, milk products or dairy products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, aseptically processed, bottled, packaged or prepared for distribution.
[64:387:1955]—(NRS A 2003, 174, 175; 2013, 603)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 584 - Dairy Products › NRS 584.009 - "Single-service plant" defined.

"Single-service plant" means a place, structure or building where a person engages in the business of manufacturing a single-service container or closure for use by a milk processing plant for the packaging of finished Grade A milk or milk products.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 366; A 2013, 603)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 584 - Dairy Products › NRS 584.047 - Authority of Director to enter into contracts to assist in carrying out duties.

1. The Director may enter into contracts with any person to assist the Director in carrying out his or her duties pursuant to this chapter.
2. As used in this section, "person" includes a government, a governmental agency and a political subdivision of a government.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2424; A 2003, 174; 2017, 148)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 584 - Dairy Products › NRS 584.049 - Instrumentality of state.

The Department is hereby declared to be the instrumentality of this state for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to execute the legislative intent expressed in this chapter, and is hereby vested with the administrative authority described in this chapter.
[37:387:1955]—(NRS A 2001, 2436; 2013, 1800; 2017, 148)