583.455 - Official establishment: Method of operation; requirements for approval; licensing by local government. - Nevada Statutes

583.455  Official establishment: Method of operation; requirements for approval; licensing by local government.

      1.  Each official establishment at which livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds are slaughtered or carcasses or parts thereof are processed for intrastate commerce must be operated in accordance with sanitary practices required by rules or regulations prescribed by the Officer. Carcasses or parts of livestock, poultry or game mammals or birds must not be admitted into any official establishment unless they have been prepared in accordance with procedures approved pursuant to NRS 583.255 to 583.555, inclusive, the Wholesome Poultry Products Act or the Wholesome Meat Act, or unless their admission is permitted by rules or regulations prescribed by the State Board of Health.

      2.  The Officer may issue a permit for an establishment to operate as an official establishment but shall not approve any establishment whose premises, facilities or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.

      3.  A local government shall not issue a business license for operation of any establishment unless it has been issued a permit as an official establishment.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 986; A 1971, 894; 1975, 603; 1991, 23; 1993, 2800)