583.140 - Sale of eggs unfit for human food prohibited; denatured eggs.

583.140  Sale of eggs unfit for human food prohibited; denatured eggs.

      1.  No person, firm or corporation shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any egg unfit for human food unless the same is broken in shell and then denatured so that it cannot be used for human food.

      2.  For the purpose of NRS 583.110 to 583.210, inclusive, an egg shall be deemed unfit for human food if:

      (a) It is addled or moldy;

      (b) If it contains black spots, black rot, white rot or blood streaks;

      (c) If it has an adherent yolk or bloody or green white (albumen); or

      (d) If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid substance.

      [1:164:1927; NCL § 5160]