2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 585 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics: Adulteration; Labels; Brands
NRS 585.310 - Adulterated food: Absence, substitution or addition of constituents. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Adulterated food: Absence, substitution or addition of constituents; exception. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
A food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
1. If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom;
2. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor;
3. If damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or
4. If any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
[Part 6:177:1939; 1931 NCL § 6206.05]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a food shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(a) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom;
(b) If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefor;
(c) If damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or
(d) If any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
2. A food shall not be deemed to be adulterated solely because it contains an approved hemp component.
3. As used in this section, "approved hemp component" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 446.844.
[Part 6:177:1939; 1931 NCL § 6206.05]—(NRS A 2021, 729, effective January 1, 2022)
