Adulterated food: Poisonous or insanitary ingredients.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 585.300
in effectA food shall be deemed to be adulterated if:
1. It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health unless the substance is not an added substance and the quantity of the substance does not ordinarily render it injurious to health;
2. It consists in whole or in part of a diseased, contaminated, filthy or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for food;
3. It has been produced, prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or rendered diseased, unwholesome or injurious to health;
4. It is the product of an animal which was diseased, died otherwise than by slaughter or was fed upon the uncooked offal from a slaughterhouse;
5. Its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or
6. It bears or contains any color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of the Federal Act.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-585.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026