2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 446 - Food Establishments
NRS 446.844 - Purchase and use of hemp by operator of food establishment at which food is not prepared or served for immediate consumption. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. A person who holds a permit issued pursuant to NRS 446.875 and who operates a food establishment at which food is not prepared or served for immediate consumption may:
(a) Purchase hemp or a commodity or product made using hemp from a grower or handler registered by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to chapter 557 of NRS.
(b) Use hemp or a commodity or product made using hemp to manufacture or prepare food that contains an approved hemp component at the food establishment.
(c) In compliance with the provisions of NRS 439.532, sell, offer or display for sale food that contains an approved hemp component at the food establishment.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Approved hemp component" means any component of hemp that the United States Food and Drug Administration has determined to be safe or generally recognized as safe for use as an ingredient in food intended for human consumption.
(b) "Hemp" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 557.160.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 729, effective January 1, 2022)
