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)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs

NRS 583.005 - "Department" defined.

NRS 583.010 - Sale or offer for sale of unsound, diseased or unwholesome fish, meat or game unlawful; civil penalty.

NRS 583.030 - Possession with intent to sell carcass of diseased or improperly slaughtered animal unlawful; civil penalty.

NRS 583.040 - Sale or possession with intent to sell carcass of animal slaughtered or prepared under insanitary conditions unlawful; insanitary conditions in slaughterhouses; civil penalty.

NRS 583.045 - Sale or offer for sale of meat of foreign country without label stating country of origin prohibited; civil penalty.

NRS 583.050 - Equine animals: Sale of meat without informing purchaser unlawful; peddling meat without possession of hide unlawful; civil penalty.

NRS 583.055 - Program for grading and certifying meats, prepared meats and meat products: Establishment; cooperative agreements; regulations; fees.

NRS 583.060 - Sale or offer for sale of unsound, diseased or unwholesome produce unlawful; civil penalty.

NRS 583.065 - Adoption by reference of federal standards for growing, harvesting, packing and holding of produce for human consumption; performance of inspections; enforcement; regulations.

NRS 583.070 - Sale or offer for sale of unsound, diseased or unwholesome poultry unlawful; civil penalty.

NRS 583.080 - Possession with intent to sell carcass of diseased or improperly slaughtered or processed fowl unlawful; civil penalty.

NRS 583.085 - Permit for slaughter and sale of raw poultry to consumer at farm or other facility: Regulations; requirements; fees; farm or facility deemed official establishment.

NRS 583.110 - Definitions.

NRS 583.111 - "Addled" and "white rot" defined.

NRS 583.112 - "Adherent yolk" defined.

NRS 583.113 - "Black rot" defined.

NRS 583.114 - "Black spot" defined.

NRS 583.115 - "Blood streak" defined.

NRS 583.116 - "Consumer" defined.

NRS 583.117 - "Fresh eggs," "ranch eggs" and "farm eggs" defined.

NRS 583.118 - "Incubated eggs" defined.

NRS 583.119 - "Moldy" defined.

NRS 583.120 - "Retailer" defined.

NRS 583.130 - State Quarantine Officer: Regulations; grades and standards for eggs.

NRS 583.140 - Sale of eggs unfit for human food prohibited; denatured eggs.

NRS 583.150 - Sale of unbranded or unstamped incubated eggs unlawful.

NRS 583.160 - Sale of fresh eggs not conforming to classifications unlawful.

NRS 583.170 - Sale or offer for sale of eggs without designation of size and quality unlawful.

NRS 583.180 - Size and style of printing for designation of size and quality of eggs.

NRS 583.190 - Marking of containers when eggs sold in lots of half cases or more.

NRS 583.200 - Applicability of provisions.

NRS 583.210 - Civil penalty.

NRS 583.211 - Definitions. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.212 - "Business owner or operator" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.213 - "Cage-free housing system" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.214 - "Egg products" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.215 - "Egg-laying hen" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.216 - "Enclosure" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.217 - "Farm" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.218 - "Farm owner or operator" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.219 - "Multi-tiered aviary" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.2205 - "Partially slatted system" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.221 - "Sale" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.222 - "Shell egg" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.223 - "Single-level, all-litter floor system" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.224 - "Usable floor space" defined. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.231 - Legislative declaration. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.235 - Applicability. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.237 - Prohibitions on confining egg-laying hens in certain enclosures; exceptions. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

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. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.241 - Endorsement to sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs: Denial, suspension or revocation. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

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. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

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. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.247 - Enforcement; free access to farm or business and records of farm or business. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.249 - Regulations. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.251 - Civil penalty. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

NRS 583.255 - Definitions.

NRS 583.265 - "Adulterated" defined.

NRS 583.268 - "Animal food manufacturer" defined.

NRS 583.272 - "Capable of use as human food" defined.

NRS 583.275 - "Container" defined.

NRS 583.277 - "Custom processing establishment" defined.

NRS 583.285 - "Immediate container" defined.

NRS 583.295 - "Inspector" defined.

NRS 583.305 - "Intrastate commerce" defined.

NRS 583.315 - "Label" defined.

NRS 583.317 - "Labeling" defined.

NRS 583.325 - "Livestock" defined.

NRS 583.335 - "Meat" defined.

NRS 583.339 - "Meat broker" defined.

NRS 583.345 - "Meat food product" defined.

NRS 583.355 - "Misbranded" defined.

NRS 583.357 - "Mobile processing unit" defined.

NRS 583.365 - "Officer" defined.

NRS 583.368 - "Official certificate" defined.

NRS 583.372 - "Official device" defined.

NRS 583.375 - "Official establishment" defined.

NRS 583.385 - "Official inspection mark" defined.

NRS 583.389 - "Official mark" defined.

NRS 583.405 - "Poultry" defined.

NRS 583.407 - "Poultry product" defined.

NRS 583.408 - "Poultry products broker" defined.

NRS 583.411 - "Processed" defined.

NRS 583.413 - "Renderer" defined.

NRS 583.415 - "Shipping container" defined.

NRS 583.425 - "Wholesome Meat Act" defined.

NRS 583.429 - "Wholesome Poultry Products Act" defined.

NRS 583.435 - Declaration of policy; administration by Department.

NRS 583.439 - Compliance required in intrastate commerce.

NRS 583.445 - Ante mortem and postmortem inspection; quarantine; condemnation; processing in lieu of condemnation under certain circumstances.

NRS 583.448 - Authorization by State Quarantine Officer for person to act as inspector.

NRS 583.451 - Authority of owner or operator of official establishment to act as inspector.

NRS 583.453 - Permit for official establishment: Application; inspection; nontransferability; posting.

NRS 583.454 - License for custom processing establishment or mobile processing unit: Regulations; requirements; fees; establishment or unit deemed official establishment.

NRS 583.455 - Official establishment: Method of operation; requirements for approval; licensing by local government.

NRS 583.458 - Official establishment: Suspension and reinstatement of permit; revocation of permit.

NRS 583.465 - Labeling and marking of carcasses.

NRS 583.469 - False or misleading markings, labels or containers: Use prohibited; stop orders; hearings; appeal.

NRS 583.472 - Unlawful advertising of meat or meat products; penalty.

NRS 583.475 - Unlawful acts.

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.

NRS 583.477 - Equine carcasses or parts: Identification marks or labels required; separate processing may be required.

NRS 583.481 - Registration of name, address and trade name of business required.

NRS 583.485 - Records; examination of facilities and inventory.

NRS 583.495 - Penalties; persons not subject to penalties.

NRS 583.505 - Reporting of violations.

NRS 583.527 - Inspection of articles not intended for use as food for humans prohibited; denaturing or other identification required.

NRS 583.529 - Detention of articles for investigation of violations; removal of official marks.

NRS 583.537 - Regulation of commerce in dead or diseased animals or poultry.

NRS 583.539 - Regulation of storage and handling of carcasses and products.

NRS 583.543 - Penalty for acceptance of bribes.

NRS 583.545 - State law inapplicable to act or transaction regulated by federal act; agreements with Federal Government.

NRS 583.549 - Injunctive relief; specific enforcement.

NRS 583.555 - Costs of inspection; schedule of killing days.

NRS 583.700 - Civil penalties; deposit and use of money.