Nevada Code § 571.135

Regulations for processing of food waste to be fed to livestock, fish or other animals
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1. The State Quarantine Officer, with the
approval of the State Board of Agriculture, may adopt such regulations requiring
the processing of food waste before it is fed to livestock, fish or other
animals as are necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of infectious,
contagious or parasitic diseases. The regulations may prescribe a procedure by
which permits are issued to those persons desiring to process food waste,
minimum standards of sanitation are established and periodic inspections of the
processing facilities are made. The State Quarantine Officer may collect a
reasonable annual fee for each permit issued to recover costs incurred by the
Department in the issuance of permits and the inspection of processing
facilities.
2. Any regulation adopted pursuant to this
section does not apply to a person feeding food waste from the persons
household to livestock, fish or other animals being raised on the premises for
the persons consumption.
3. As used in this section, food waste
means all waste material derived in whole or in part from the meat of any
animal or other animal material, or other refuse associated with any such
material, resulting from the handling, preparation and consumption of food.

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