Nevada § 587.6945 - Conditions under which craft food operation not regulated as food establishment; local governing bodies prevented from prohibiting craft food operations
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 587.6945 — Conditions under which craft food operation not regulated as food establishment; local governing bodies prevented from prohibiting craft food operations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 587.6945. Conditions under which craft food operation not regulated as food establishment; local governing bodies prevented from prohibiting craft food operations
1. A craft food operation which manufactures or prepares a food item by any manner
or means whatever for sale, or which offers or displays a food item for sale, is not
a “food establishment” pursuant to paragraph (j) of subsection 2 of NRS 446.020 if each such food item is: (a) Sold on the private property of the natural person who manufactures or prepares
the food item or at a location where the natural person who manufactures or prepares
the food item sells the food item directly to a consumer, including, without limitation,
a farmers' market licensed pursuant to chapter 244 or 268 of NRS , flea market, swap meet, church bazaar, garage sale or craft fair, by means of an
in-person transaction that does not involve selling the food item by telephone or
via the Internet; (b) Sold to a natural person for his or her consumption and not for resale; (c) Affixed with a label which complies with the federal labeling requirements set
forth in 21 U.S.C. § 343(w) and 9 C.F.R. Part 317 and 21 C.F.R. Part 101 ; (d) Labeled with: (1) The date the food item was produced; and (2) “MADE IN A CRAFT FOOD OPERATION THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT FOOD SAFETY
INSPECTION” printed prominently on the label for the food item; (e) Prepackaged in a manner that protects the food item from contamination during
transport, display, sale and acquisition by consumers; and (f) Prepared and processed in the kitchen of the private home of the natural person
who manufactures or prepares the food item or, if allowed by the health authority,
in the kitchen of a fraternal or social clubhouse, a school or a religious, charitable
or other nonprofit organization. 2. No local zoning board, planning commission or governing body of an unincorporated
town, incorporated city or county may adopt any ordinance or other regulation that
prohibits a natural person from preparing food in a craft food operation. 3. As used in this section, “ food item ” means acidified foods produced by a person who meets the requirements of NRS 587.695 to 587.699 , inclusive.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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