Title 51

NRS 583.045 Sale or offer for sale of meat of foreign country without label stating country of origin prohibited; civil penalty. 1. No person or corporation may sell or offer for sale to the consumer through a meat market, store or otherwise any meats, either fresh or frozen, whi…

NRS 583.050 Equine animals: Sale of meat without informing purchaser unlawful; peddling meat without possession of hide unlawful; civil penalty. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell the meat of any equine animal without informing the purchaser thereof, at the time of su…

NRS 583.055 Program for grading and certifying meats, prepared meats and meat products: Establishment; cooperative agreements; regulations; fees. 1. The Department may establish a program for grading and certifying meats, prepared meats and meat products in conformity with federa…

NRS 583.060 Sale or offer for sale of unsound, diseased or unwholesome produce unlawful; civil penalty. 1. No person shall bring, expose or offer for sale, or sell within this state for human food any unsound, diseased or unwholesome fruit, vegetables or other market produce. 2. …

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. 1. The Department hereby adopts by reference the provisions of 21 C.F.R. Part 112: (a) For t…

NRS 583.070 Sale or offer for sale of unsound, diseased or unwholesome poultry unlawful; civil penalty. 1. No person shall bring, expose or offer for sale, or sell within this state for human food any unsound, diseased or unwholesome poultry. 2. Any article that shall be offered …

NRS 583.080 Possession with intent to sell carcass of diseased or improperly slaughtered or processed fowl unlawful; civil penalty. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to possess, with intent to sell: (a) The carcass or part of any carcass of any fowl whic…

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. 1. The State Quarantine Officer shall adopt regulations providing a process for the owner or operator o…

NRS 583.110 Definitions. As used in NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 583.111 to 583.120, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245; 20…

NRS 583.111 “Addled” and “white rot” defined. “Addled” or “white rot” means putrid or rotten. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245)

NRS 583.112 “Adherent yolk” defined. “Adherent yolk” means the yolk has settled to one side and become fastened to the shell. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245)

NRS 583.113 “Black rot” defined. “Black rot” means the deterioration of an egg to such an extent that the whole interior presents a blackened appearance before the candle. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245)

NRS 583.114 “Black spot” defined. “Black spot” means the presence of mold or bacteria in isolated areas inside the shell. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245)

NRS 583.115 “Blood streak” defined. “Blood streak” means the presence of blood in an egg due to partial incubation. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245)

NRS 583.116 “Consumer” defined. “Consumer” means any person purchasing eggs for his or her family’s use or consumption, or a restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, bakery or other institution purchasing eggs for serving to guests or patrons, or for its use in cooking or baking. [Part …

NRS 583.117 “Fresh eggs,” “ranch eggs” and “farm eggs” defined. “Fresh eggs,” “ranch eggs,” “farm eggs” or any other terms that represent eggs to be fresh mean eggs that: 1. Meet the minimum quality of grade A under the grades and standards prescribed by the State Quarantine Offi…

NRS 583.118 “Incubated eggs” defined. “Incubated eggs” includes eggs which have been subjected to incubation, whether natural or artificial, for more than 48 hours. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245)

NRS 583.119 “Moldy” defined. “Moldy” means the presence of mold inside the shell. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]—(NRS A 1959, 245)

NRS 583.120 “Retailer” defined. “Retailer” means any person, firm, corporation or association which sells eggs to a consumer. [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161] + [Part 5:164:1927; NCL § 5164]—(NRS A 1985, 529)

NRS 583.130 State Quarantine Officer: Regulations; grades and standards for eggs. The State Quarantine Officer shall: 1. Enforce the provisions of NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive. 2. Make and fix grades and standards for eggs. 3. Make such rules and regulations as may be necess…

NRS 583.135 State Quarantine Officer: Temporary suspension of certain provisions and regulations; duration; notice; limitation. 1. Except as otherwise provided by federal law, the State Quarantine Officer may, by order, temporarily suspend the provisions of NRS 583.110 to 583.251…

NRS 583.140 Sale of eggs unfit for human food prohibited; denatured eggs. 1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any egg unfit for human food unless the same is broken in shell and then denatured so that it cannot be used for human food. 2. For…

NRS 583.150 Sale of unbranded or unstamped incubated eggs unlawful. It shall be unlawful to offer or expose for sale or sell incubated eggs unless branded or stamped with the word “Incubated.” [Part 2:164:1927; NCL § 5161]

NRS 583.160 Sale of fresh eggs not conforming to classifications unlawful. Except as otherwise provided by an order issued by the State Quarantine Officer pursuant to NRS 583.135, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to represent, advertise or sell as fresh eg…

NRS 583.170 Sale or offer for sale of eggs without designation of size and quality unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or offer or expose for sale any eggs intended for human consumption: 1. Unless each container and subcontainer is marked w…

NRS 583.180 Size and style of printing for designation of size and quality of eggs. 1. The designation of size and quality required by subsection 1 of NRS 583.170 shall be plainly and conspicuously marked in boldface type letters: (a) Not less than one-fourth inch in height on th…

NRS 583.190 Marking of containers when eggs sold in lots of half cases or more. When eggs are sold in lots of half cases or more, the container must be marked, showing plainly and truly the grade or grades of eggs therein contained, and an invoice must accompany the sale plainly …

NRS 583.200 Applicability of provisions. The provisions of NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive, shall not apply to any eggs being handled for, or in transit to, or sold to dealers in commercial centers to be candled and graded, but all such eggs offered for sale in half cases or mo…

NRS 583.210 Civil penalty. Except as otherwise provided by an order issued by the State Quarantine Officer pursuant to NRS 583.135, any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 583.110 to 583.200, inclusive, is subject to a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 583.700. [7:164:19…

NRS 583.211 Definitions. As used in NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 583.212 to 583.224, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2211)

NRS 583.212 “Business owner or operator” defined. “Business owner or operator” means any person who owns or controls the operations of a business. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2211)

NRS 583.213 “Cage-free housing system” defined. 1. “Cage-free housing system” means an enclosure for egg-laying hens which is located indoors or outdoors, in which egg-laying hens are unrestricted and free to roam, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), and which: (a) Pro…

NRS 583.214 “Egg products” defined. 1. “Egg products” means the eggs of an egg-laying hen that are: (a) Separated from the shells of the eggs; (b) Intended for human consumption in liquid, solid, dried or frozen form; (c) Raw or cooked; and (d) In a form with the yolks and whites…

NRS 583.215 “Egg-laying hen” defined. “Egg-laying hen” means a female chicken, turkey, duck, goose or guinea fowl that is domesticated and is kept for the purpose of producing eggs commercially. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2212)

NRS 583.216 “Enclosure” defined. “Enclosure” means a structure used to confine an egg-laying hen. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2212)

NRS 583.217 “Farm” defined. 1. “Farm” means the land, buildings, support facilities and equipment used wholly or partially for the purpose of commercially producing animals or animal products that are used for food. 2. The term does not include live animal markets or official pla…

NRS 583.218 “Farm owner or operator” defined. “Farm owner or operator” means a person who owns a farm or controls the operations of a farm. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2212)

NRS 583.219 “Multi-tiered aviary” defined. “Multi-tiered aviary” means a cage-free housing system where egg-laying hens have unrestricted access to multiple elevated flat platforms that provide the egg-laying hens with usable floor space both on top of and underneath the platform…

NRS 583.2205 “Partially slatted system” defined. “Partially slatted system” means a cage-free housing system where egg-laying hens have unrestricted access to elevated flat platforms under which manure drops through the flooring to a pit or belt that removes manure which is below…

NRS 583.221 “Sale” defined. 1. “Sale” means a commercial sale by a business that sells any item covered by NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, which occurs at the location where the buyer takes physical possession of the item. 2. The term does not include a sale undertaken at an o…

NRS 583.222 “Shell egg” defined. “Shell egg” means a whole egg of an egg-laying hen that is in its shell form and intended for human consumption. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2212)

NRS 583.223 “Single-level, all-litter floor system” defined. “Single-level, all-litter floor system” means a cage-free housing system that uses litter for a ground cover and where egg-laying hens have limited or no access to elevated flat platforms. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2213)

NRS 583.224 “Usable floor space” defined. 1. “Usable floor space” means the total square footage of floor space provided to each egg-laying hen, as calculated by dividing the total square footage of floor space provided to egg-laying hens in an enclosure by the total number of eg…

NRS 583.231 Legislative declaration. The Legislature finds and declares that the regulation of egg production on farms in this State and the regulation of the sale of eggs and egg products in this State is necessary to: 1. Protect the health and welfare of consumers and citizens …

NRS 583.235 Applicability. The provisions of NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, do not apply to the production, sale or transport for sale in this State of shell eggs by a farm owner or operator with an annual shell egg production from 3,000 or fewer egg-laying hens if all shell …

NRS 583.237 Prohibitions on confining egg-laying hens in certain enclosures; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 and by an order issued by the State Quarantine Officer pursuant to NRS 583.135, on or after July 1, 2022, a farm owner or operator in th…