2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs
NRS 583.239 - Endorsement to sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs: Requirement; application; issuance; inspection; duration; notice of renewal; prohibition on charging fees. [Effective July 1, 2022.]

1. A farm owner or operator shall not sell, offer or expose for sale or transport for sale egg products or shell eggs within this State unless the farm owner or operator has been issued a certificate by the Department pursuant to NRS 576.128 and an endorsement of the certificate by the Department indicating that the egg products or shell eggs were produced by an egg-laying hen which was confined in a manner that complies with NRS 583.237.

2. To apply for an endorsement required by subsection 1, a farm owner or operator must submit to the Department with an application for a certificate or renewal of a certificate issued pursuant to NRS 576.128:

(a) An attestation that the farm owner or operator confined the egg-laying hens in a manner that complies with NRS 583.237; and

(b) Evidence that the enclosures for egg-laying hens have been inspected by a person described in subsection 4.

3. The Department shall issue the endorsement required by subsection 1 to an applicant if:

(a) The farm owner or operator submits the information required pursuant to subsection 2; and

(b) The Department determines that such information is sufficient to indicate compliance with NRS 583.237.

4. The Department may use a government inspector, including, without limitation, an inspector who is employed, contracted with or authorized by the Department, or a private inspection or process verification provider to ensure compliance with NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive, during the production and the handling of egg products and shell eggs. If the Department uses such an inspector or provider, the Department must approve the inspector or provider as competent to ensure compliance with NRS 583.211 to 583.251, inclusive.

5. Each endorsement issued pursuant to subsection 3 is valid for the period for which the certificate issued pursuant to NRS 576.128 is valid.

6. If a holder of a certificate issued pursuant to NRS 576.128 holds an endorsement issued pursuant to this section, the Department shall include in any notice of renewal of the certificate provided to the holder of the certificate a notice to renew the endorsement issued pursuant to this section.

7. The Department may require an inspection of the enclosure for egg-laying hens to determine whether to renew an endorsement issued pursuant to this section. If the Department determines that an inspection of the enclosure is required for the renewal of the endorsement, the endorsement remains in effect until the endorsement expires or until the Department makes a determination whether to renew the endorsement, whichever occurs later.

8. The Department may not charge a fee for the issuance or renewal of an endorsement pursuant to this section.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 2213, effective July 1, 2022)