Nev. Admin. Code § 583.270 - "Food additive" defined

"Food additive" means any substance the intended use of which results, or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food, including any substance intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting or holding food, and any source of radiation intended for such a use, if the substance is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures or experience based on the common use of food to be safe under the conditions of its intended use. The term does not include:

1. A pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity;

2. A pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended for use or is used in the production, storage or transportation of any raw agricultural commodity;

3. A color additive;

4. Any substance used in accordance with a sanction or approval granted prior to September 6, 1958, pursuant to this chapter, the Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. §§ 451 et seq.) or the Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, as amended and extended; or

5. A new animal drug.

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 583.270

Bd. of Health, Meat Inspection Reg. Art. II § I part subsec. p, eff. 11-4-70; renumbered as § A part subsec. 16, 3-5-71

NRS 583.535