Nevada sets licensing rules for mobile meat processors and slaughter

The State Quarantine Officer must adopt licensing rules for custom processing facilities and mobile units. The rules apply to facilities and mobile units that custom-process livestock or poultry or slaughter animals for commercial sale. The rules must cover licensing, fees, operating standards, and other needed requirements, and must follow U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations. The Officer may prepare the rules starting when the law was approved. The other provisions take effect July 1, 2026.

The rules must allow licensed mobile units to do custom processing and operate as official establishments under this inspection law. This covers licensed facilities and mobile units slaughtering meat animals, game mammals, poultry, or game birds for people to eat. The rules must allow licensed facilities and mobile units to slaughter animals for pay for sale within Nevada. A mobile unit may work at an owner's farm or another facility, or at a location approved by the Officer. These provisions take effect July 1, 2026; the Officer may prepare the rules after approval.

Custom processing means humanely slaughtering, skinning, and preparing livestock or poultry at the request of its owner or lawful possessor. The definition applies to livestock and poultry processed at the request of their owner or someone lawfully possessing them. The meat must be for the owner or possessor to eat, including with immediate family members and guests who do not pay. This definition takes effect July 1, 2026.