2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 446 - Food Establishments
NRS 446.020 - "Food establishment" defined.
1. Except as otherwise limited by subsection 2, "food establishment" means any place, structure, premises, vehicle or vessel, or any part thereof, in which any food intended for ultimate human consumption is manufactured or prepared by any manner or means whatever, or in which any food is sold, offered or displayed for sale or served.
2. The term does not include:
(a) Private homes, unless the food prepared or manufactured in the home is sold, or offered or displayed for sale or for compensation or contractual consideration of any kind;
(b) Fraternal or social clubhouses at which attendance is limited to members of the club;
(c) Vehicles operated by common carriers engaged in interstate commerce;
(d) Any establishment in which religious, charitable and other nonprofit organizations sell food occasionally to raise money or in which charitable organizations receive salvaged food in bulk quantities for free distribution, unless the establishment is open on a regular basis to sell food to members of the general public;
(e) Any establishment where animals, including, without limitation, mammals, fish and poultry, are slaughtered which is regulated pursuant to chapter 583 of NRS;
(f) Dairy farms and plants which process milk and products of milk or frozen desserts which are regulated under chapter 584 of NRS;
(g) The premises of a wholesale dealer of alcoholic beverages licensed under chapter 369 of NRS who handles only alcoholic beverages which are in sealed containers;
(h) A facility that produces eggs which is regulated pursuant to chapter 583 of NRS;
(i) A cottage food operation that meets the requirements of NRS 446.866 with respect to food items as defined in that section;
(j) A craft food operation that meets the requirements of NRS 587.6945 with respect to food items as defined in that section; or
(k) A farm for purposes of holding a farm-to-fork event.
3. As used in this section, "poultry" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 583.405.
[Part 1:116:1943; 1943 NCL § 5319] — (NRS A 1960, 295; 1963, 758; 1969, 803, 991; 1973, 1164; 1981, 697; 1985, 901; 1991, 286; 1993, 1624; 1999, 3624; 2001, 1504; 2013, 513, 1405; 2015, 369, 1257)
