Fraudulent representations and unlawful use of containers; penalty.
1. If any quantity of any agricultural product shall have been inspected and a certificate issued under NRS 587.290 to 587.450, inclusive, showing the grade, classification, quality or condition thereof, no person shall represent that the grade, classification, quality or condition of such product at the time and place of such inspection was other than as shown by such certificate.
2. Whenever any standard for a container for an agricultural product becomes effective under NRS 587.290 to 587.450, inclusive, no person thereafter shall pack for sale, offer for sale, consign for sale, or sell and deliver, in a container, any such agricultural product to which the standard is applicable unless the container conforms to the standard, subject to such variations therefrom as may be allowed, in the regulations made under NRS 587.290 to 587.450, inclusive, or unless such product is brought from outside the State and offered for sale, consigned for sale or sold in the original package, but no agricultural product shall be offered for sale which bears a label containing any superlative word or words designating a superior or higher quality unless the product shall conform to the highest grade specification adopted under the provisions of NRS 587.410.
3. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Last modified: February 26, 2006