Title 51

NRS 584.093 Injunction against violation of law or order; joinder of defendants. 1. The Director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of any provisions of this chapter or of any order made pursuant to this chapter in the district court in the county…

NRS 584.099 Definitions. As used in NRS 584.099 to 584.107, inclusive: 1. “Frozen dessert” means any clean frozen or partially frozen combination of two or more of the following: Milk or milk products, eggs or egg products, sugars, water, fruit or fruit juices, candy, nut meats, …

NRS 584.101 Requirements for sale of frozen dessert as ice cream or ice milk. 1. As used in this section: (a) “Candy” includes candies, cakes, cookies, glaceed fruits, prepared cereals and similar products. (b) “Chocolate ice cream” means ice cream flavored with chocolate or coco…

NRS 584.103 Regulations of Director: Adoption; scope. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Director shall adopt, and may amend and repeal, reasonable regulations governing: 1. The production, manufacturing, mixing, preparing, processing, pasteurizing, freezing, packaging, tra…

NRS 584.107 Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 584.103, or refuses or neglects to obey any lawful order of the Director, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 1961, 112; A 1967, 618; 2001, 2425; 2017, 149) BUTTER

NRS 584.125 “Wholesome butter” defined. For the purposes of NRS 584.125 to 584.145, inclusive, “wholesome butter” means butter made from cream and milk wherein the entire procedure from dairy to creamery, or other place of manufacture of such product or products, is conducted und…

NRS 584.130 Inspections and determinations by Director. The inspection of butter under the provisions of NRS 584.125 to 584.145, inclusive, and the determination of the same as wholesome, are hereby made duties of the Director. The Director is hereby given all necessary authority…

NRS 584.135 Regulations. The Director shall make such regulations, within the meaning and purposes of NRS 584.125 to 584.145, inclusive, as may be necessary in their administration, and which may include the sanitary production, care and handling of milk and cream used in the mak…

NRS 584.145 Pasteurizing plants to be equipped with self-registering devices; availability of records. Pasteurizing plants must be equipped with a self-registering device for recording the time and temperature of pasteurizing. Such a record must be kept for at least 6 months and …

NRS 584.1792 Permit required; permit nontransferable. 1. A dairy foods manufacturing plant shall not receive for sale, produce, sell, offer for sale or have in storage any manufactured dairy product if the plant does not possess a permit from the Director. Such a permit is not tr…

NRS 584.180 Sale or offer for sale of fresh fluid milk or cream without permit prohibited; exception. 1. A person, firm, association or corporation shall not sell or offer to sell fresh fluid milk or fresh fluid cream in the State of Nevada without obtaining a permit issued by th…

NRS 584.185 Application. The application for the permit required by NRS 584.180 must: 1. Be submitted in writing on a form prescribed by the Director. 2. Include the name and address of the applicant, and, if a partnership, the names and addresses of all partners, and, if a corpo…

NRS 584.190 Inspection of dairy farms, milk plants and facilities of applicant. If it appears to the satisfaction of the Director that the applicant has complied with all regulations governing the sanitation and grading of milk and milk products, the Director shall cause the dair…

NRS 584.195 Issuance of permit; retention and availability of records concerning permits. 1. If, after the application and inspection, it appears to the satisfaction of the Director that the applicant has fully complied with all regulations governing the sanitation and grading of…

NRS 584.205 Director to direct periodic inspections of facilities of permittees; sale of imported milk and milk products without inspection; authority of Director to conduct inspections upon reasonable belief of violation of regulations. 1. In addition to the initial inspection o…

NRS 584.207 Certified raw milk: Definition; appointment, duties and powers of county milk commission; sampling and inspections required for certification. 1. Certified raw milk is unpasteurized, marketed milk which conforms to the regulations and standards adopted by the county m…

NRS 584.208 Certified raw milk: Conditions governing sale; handling; regulations. 1. Certified raw milk and products made from it may be sold if the milk has been: (a) Cooled to 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less immediately after being drawn from the cow or goat and maintained at or …

NRS 584.209 Limitations on sale or dispensing of raw milk; authority of Director to impound or dispose of adulterated or misbranded milk or milk product. 1. In addition to the provisions of NRS 584.208, raw milk may be sold or dispensed: (a) Solely to a hauler of milk or to a pro…

NRS 584.210 Denial, suspension or revocation of permit: Notice and opportunity for hearing under certain circumstances; investigative and subpoena powers of Director; records; appeal; entitlement of applicant or accused to submit subsequent application; regulations. 1. Whenever t…

NRS 584.211 Authority of Director to impose civil penalties. In addition to denying, suspending or revoking a permit pursuant to NRS 584.210 or the imposition of any other penalty pursuant to the provisions of NRS 584.180 to 584.211, inclusive, the Director may impose a civil pen…

NRS 584.215 Milk tester’s license required; use of Babcock test; alternate methods of testing; issuance of license. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, all testing of milk or cream purchased on the basis of the amount of butterfat contained therein must be done by a …

NRS 584.216 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for milk tester’s license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Director. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspe…

NRS 584.2165 Preliminary determination of whether person’s criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining milk tester’s license. 1. The Director shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the Director to review the crimina…

NRS 584.217 Suspension of milk tester’s license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for wi…

NRS 584.218 Application for milk tester’s license to include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional,…

NRS 584.220 License required for receipt or purchase of milk or cream on basis of butterfat content; requirements for issuance. 1. Every creamery, shipping station, milk factory, cheese factory, ice cream factory, condensery, or any person, firm or corporation receiving or purcha…

NRS 584.225 Licenses: Fee for milk tester’s license; expiration. 1. The Director may, by regulation, establish a fee of not more than $10 for issuing and renewing a milk tester’s license. 2. All licenses required under NRS 584.215 to 584.285, inclusive, expire at the end of each …

NRS 584.227 Application for renewal of milk tester’s license required to include information relating to state business license; renewal of license prohibited in certain circumstances. 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewa…

NRS 584.230 Revocation of licenses. A license may be revoked by the Director if, after due notice, the licensee fails or has failed to comply with the laws, rules and regulations under which the license was granted. [3:167:1921; NCL § 2277] + [Part 7:167:1921; A 1955, 282]—(NRS A…

NRS 584.235 Regulations: Adoption; printing and distribution. The Director shall make uniform regulations for the proper enforcement of NRS 584.215 to 584.285, inclusive. The regulations must be printed and distributed by the Director upon application therefor to licensed or othe…

NRS 584.240 Licensed tester to record tests in permanent book of record; inspection of record. 1. A licensed tester shall, in addition to the records required to be kept by NRS 584.215 to 584.285, inclusive, record all tests made by the tester in a permanent book of record, a for…

NRS 584.245 Duty of licensed tester to retain testable samples of milk and cream. A licensed tester also shall retain in testable condition a sample of all milk or cream tested for a period of not less than 72 hours after such tests of milk or cream have been made. The tester sha…

NRS 584.250 Testing of cream sold on basis of richness or percentage of milk fat. All cream sold in the State of Nevada on the basis of the richness or the percentage of milk fat contained therein must be tested by the Babcock test or any other testing equipment or procedures app…

NRS 584.255 Director to inspect periodically apparatus used to determine percentage of fat in milk or cream. The Director shall, from time to time, inspect and examine as to their accuracy, or their adaptability to give accurate results, all glassware, measures, scales, weights a…

NRS 584.260 Specifications of state’s standard measure. The state’s standard measure, or pipette, shall have a capacity of 17.6 cubic centimeters, and the standard test tubes or bottles for milk shall have a capacity of 1 cubic centimeter of mercury at a temperature of 65° F. bet…

NRS 584.265 Analyses of milk and cream samples by representative or appointee of Director. The Director’s duly authorized representative or appointee shall make analyses of all samples of milk or cream deemed necessary for the enforcement of NRS 584.215 to 584.285, inclusive. [Pa…

NRS 584.270 Director to investigate and test milk upon complaint of licensed milk producer. The Director, on complaint of any licensed milk producer, showing good cause therefor, that the tests made by any licensed tester are incorrect or inaccurate, shall investigate and test mi…

NRS 584.275 Unlawful acts concerning official test; cream to be weighed into bottle. 1. It is unlawful for any person for himself or herself or as the agent, servant, employee or officer of any person, firm or corporation receiving or purchasing milk or cream on the basis of the …

NRS 584.280 Fraudulent manipulation of weight, measure or test unlawful. 1. It shall be unlawful for any hauler of milk or cream, other than a common carrier, or any person, firm or corporation receiving or purchasing milk or cream by weight or test or both, or by measure or test…

NRS 584.285 Penalty. Any person violating any provision of NRS 584.215 to 584.285, inclusive, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [10:167:1921; NCL § 2284]—(NRS A 1967, 619; 2013, 2740; 2019, 2954) STABILIZATION, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLUID MILK, FLUID CREAM AND OTHER DAIRY…

NRS 584.325 Definitions. As used in NRS 584.325 to 584.670, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 584.335 to 584.385, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. [18:387:1955]—(NRS A 1987, 154; 2001, 2434)

NRS 584.335 “Consumer” defined. “Consumer” means any person who purchases fluid milk, fluid cream or dairy products for consumption. [30:387:1955]

NRS 584.340 “Dairy products” defined. “Dairy products” includes any product manufactured from milk or any derivative or product of milk. [23:387:1955]

NRS 584.345 “Distributor” defined. 1. “Distributor” means any person, whether or not the person is a producer or an association of producers, who purchases or handles fluid milk, fluid cream or any other dairy product for sale, including brokers, agents, copartnerships, cooperati…

NRS 584.350 “Fluid cream” defined. “Fluid cream” means cream or any mixture of cream and milk or skim milk containing 9 percent or more of butterfat, with or without the addition of any other ingredient, which is not packaged in hermetically sealed containers. [22:387:1955]—(NRS …

NRS 584.355 “Fluid milk” defined. “Fluid milk” means any milk product in fluid or frozen form containing less than 9 percent butterfat, including, without limitation, milk, fat-free milk, low-fat milk, light milk, reduced-fat milk, eggnog and cultured buttermilk. The term does no…