587.570 - Potatoes: Grade requirements; marking and labeling of containers. - Nevada Statutes

587.570  Potatoes: Grade requirements; marking and labeling of containers.

      1.  All potatoes sold or offered for sale for human consumption within this state must meet the U.S. No. 2 grade requirements or better, as adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture and by the Department pursuant to the provisions of NRS 587.390.

      2.  All containers of potatoes if full must bear upon them in plain sight and plain letters the name of the person who authorized the packing of the potatoes or the name under which the packer is engaged in business, together with a sufficiently explicit address to permit the ready location of the packer.

      3.  All containers of potatoes sold must be marked with one of the grade markings for potatoes established by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department, except that open containers are not required to be marked with one of the grade markings if they are part of an open display of potatoes which is marked with one of the grade markings. The potatoes in those containers must meet the grade marked on the open display.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1043; A 1993, 1789; 1999, 3730)