NRS 580.610 Exemption from certain requirements; notice to guests. [Effective July 1, 2027.]

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a farm is not a “food establishment” for the purposes of holding a farm-to-fork event provided that:

(a)Any poultry, meat from livestock, game animal and meat from a rabbit that is served at the farm-to-fork event is:

(1)Raised and prepared on the farm and is butchered and processed on the farm pursuant to the requirements of chapter 583 of NRS; or

(2)Obtained from and processed in a facility pursuant to the requirements of chapter 583 of NRS or a facility that is inspected and approved under an inspection program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture; and

(b)Any other food item that is served at the farm-to-fork event, including, without limitation, salads, side dishes and desserts, are prepared on the farm from ingredients that are substantially produced on the farm or sourced from a facility that satisfies the requirements of chapter 583 of NRS or was inspected and approved under an inspection program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture.

2. A farm which holds a farm-to-fork event shall, before a guest consumes any food, provide each guest with a notice which states that no inspection was conducted by a state or local health department of the farm or the food to be consumed, except as otherwise provided in subsection 1.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a farm which holds more than four events in any month that would otherwise qualify as farm-to-fork events becomes a food establishment for the remainder of that calendar year subject to all of the requirements of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto concerning food establishments.

4. The Director of the Department may provide an exemption from the requirements of subsection 3 to a farm which holds more than four events during a harvest or holiday season.

5. As used in this section:

(a)“Game animal” means an animal, the products of which are food, that is not classified as livestock, sheep, swine, goat, horse, mule or other equine, or as poultry or fish. The term includes mammals, including, without limitation, reindeer, elk, deer, antelope, water buffalo, bison, rabbit, squirrel, opossum, raccoon, nutria or muskrat, and nonaquatic reptiles such as land snakes.

(b)“Livestock” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 583.325 .