Section 587.889 - Adulteration unlawful1. It is unlawful for a person to adulterate commercial feed.2. For the purposes of subsection 1, commercial feed is adulterated if:(a) It contains a poisonous or deleterious substance which may cause it to be injurious to the health of an animal;(b) It contains a poisonous, deleterious or nonnutritive substance which is unsafe pursuant to section 406 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 346;(c) It contains a food additive which is unsafe pursuant to section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 348;(d) It is a raw agricultural commodity that contains a pesticide which is unsafe pursuant to section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 346a, unless: (1) The raw agricultural commodity has been processed using a method such as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating or milling; (2) The residue of the pesticide has been removed to the extent possible through such a method; (3) The concentration of the pesticide in the commercial feed is not greater than the tolerance prescribed for the raw agricultural commodity; and(4) Feeding the commercial feed to an animal is not likely to result in a pesticide residue in any edible product of the animal which is unsafe within the meaning of section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 346a;(e) It contains any color additive which is unsafe pursuant to section 721 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 379e;(f) It contains an animal drug which is unsafe pursuant to section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360b;(g) It contains any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance or is for any other reason unfit to be used as commercial feed;(h) It has been prepared, packaged or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or may have been rendered injurious to the health of an animal; (i) It contains the product of a diseased animal or an animal which has died in a manner which is unsafe within the meaning of section 402 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342;(j) The container of the commercial feed is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the commercial feed injurious to the health of an animal;(k) It has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 348;(l) Any valuable component of the commercial feed has been, in whole or in part, omitted or abstracted;(m) The composition or quality of the commercial feed is below or differs from that which is listed on the label;(n) It contains a drug and the methods, facilities or controls used to manufacture, process or package the commercial feed do not conform to current practices of good manufacturing, unless the Department determines that such a practice is not appropriate for use in this State; or(o) It contains viable weed seeds in an amount which exceeds the limits established by the Department. As used in this paragraph, "weed seeds" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 587.073.Added to NRS by 2015, 2473Added by 2015, Ch. 430,§41, eff. 1/1/2016.