587.580 - Onions: Grade requirements; marking and labeling of containers. - Nevada Statutes

587.580  Onions: Grade requirements; marking and labeling of containers.

      1.  All onions 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 the Department pursuant to the provisions of NRS 587.390.

      2.  All containers of onions if full must bear upon them in plain sight and plain letters the name of the person who authorized the packing of the onions 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 onions sold must be marked with one of the grade markings for onions 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 onions which is marked with one of the grade markings. The onions in those containers must meet the grade marked on the open display.

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