Section 583.440 - Labeling and marking1. When any meat, meat food product, poultry or poultry food product prepared for intrastate commerce has been inspected and marked "Nevada Inspected and Passed" and is placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas or other receptacle or covering in any official establishment where the inspection is conducted, the person preparing the product must attach a label to the can, pot, tin, canvas or other receptacle or covering, under the supervision of an inspector. The label must state that the contents have been "Nevada Inspected and Passed" under the provisions of NAC 583.211 to 583.530, inclusive, and sections 2 to 29, inclusive.2. No inspection and examination of meat, meat food products, poultry or poultry food products deposited or enclosed in cans, tins, pots, canvas or other receptacle or covering in any official establishment where the inspection is conducted is complete until the meat, meat food products, poultry or poultry food products have been sealed or enclosed in the can, tin, pot, canvas or other receptacle or covering under the supervision of an inspector.3. All carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, meat food products. poultry or poultry food products inspected at any official establishment and found to be not adulterated, must, at the time they leave the official establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, directly on it or on their containers, as the Officer may require, the information required under NAC 583.410.4. The Officer, whenever he or she determines action is necessary for the protection of the public, may prescribe: (a) The styles and sizes of type to be used with respect to material required to be incorporated in labeling to avoid the false or misleading labeling of any articles or animals.(b) Definitions and standards of identity or composition for articles and standards for filling containers for the articles which are not consistent with any standards established under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or under the Poultry Products Inspection Act. There must be consultation between the Officer and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States before the issuance of the standards to avoid inconsistency between the standards and the federal standards.5. No article may be sold or offered for sale by any person 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. Established trade names and other marking and labeling and containers which are not false or misleading and which are approved by the Officer are permitted.6. If the Officer has reason to believe that any marking or labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to any article is false or misleading, the Officer may direct that the use be withheld unless the marking, labeling or container is modified in such a manner that it will not be false or misleading. If the person using or proposing to use the marking, labeling or container does not accept the determination of the Officer, the person may request a hearing. The use of the marking, labeling or container must, if the Officer directs, be withheld pending hearing and a final determination by the Officer. Any determination by the Officer is subject to judicial review.7. Custom processing products must be labeled "Not For Sale."8. Shipping containers carrying poultry food products exempt from this chapter must be marked with the name and address of the owner and the statement "Exempt P.L. 90492."Nev. Admin. Code § 583.440
Bd. of Health, Meat Inspection Reg. Art. II § VII, eff. 11-4-70; renumbered as §G, 3-5-71; A by R003-23A, eff. 6/4/2024