Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 583 - Meat, Fish, Produce, Poultry and Eggs
MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION
Section 583.400 - Antemortem examination

1. Each official establishment shall ensure an antemortem examination is made of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats or other meat food animals before slaughter. This examination must be on the day of slaughter, in pens on the premises.

2. Horses, mules or burros must not be slaughtered in the same official establishment as other animals for human consumption.

3. Each official establishment must obtain the current Regulations Governing Meat Inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture and at all times have a copy of this booklet on the premises. The regulations regarding definitions, composition and labeling apply.

4. Any animal that is suspected of being infected with any disease or that shows symptoms of disease must be kept separate from other livestock and poultry and may not be slaughtered until the animal has been found fit for slaughter by veterinary inspection. If an animal is showing symptoms of disease, the animal must be slaughtered separately from other livestock and poultry after the animal has been found fit for slaughter by veterinary inspection.

5. Slaughtered animals must be cleaned and suspended from an overhead rail, then dressed, examined, prepared and processed, as described in Regulations Governing Meat Inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture. When the processing and examination of the animal has been completed, the acceptable carcasses and all primal cuts must be stamped with the authorized inspection stamp and numbered by the authorized inspector of the particular establishment.