Nevada Revised Statutes Section 583.040 - Food and Other Commodities

Sale or possession of carcass of animal slaughtered or prepared under insanitary conditions unlawful; insanitary conditions in slaughterhouses; penalties.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell within this state, or to have within his or its possession with the intent to sell within this state, for human food, the carcass or parts of the carcass of any animal which has been slaughtered, or is prepared, handled or kept under insanitary conditions, or any primal cut of meat which is not stamped with an approved stamp authorized by the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources.

2. Insanitary conditions shall be deemed to exist in any slaughterhouse that does not comply with the provisions of chapter 446 of NRS.

3. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Last modified: February 26, 2006