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, he 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, he 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.
Last modified: February 26, 2006