Nevada's poultry compliance program runs through the Department of Agriculture's Animal Industry Division for bird health and the Food and Nutrition program for eggs and processing, with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's Water Quality program handling CAFO coverage. The division names tell the operational story: the Animal Industry Division handles the disease-control duties at the state border under Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 571.210 to 571.320 and NAC 571, and Food and Nutrition handles the egg and processing duties under Nev. Rev. Stat. Chapter 583 and Chapter 574. Poultry Log's Nevada catalog records each requirement with its agency, authority, trigger, retention period, and official source link.
Animal Health Layer: NDA Animal Industry Division
- Imports - poultry, hatching eggs, or other fowl entering Nevada must meet import requirements under Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 571.210 to 571.320 and NAC 571, including a valid certificate of veterinary inspection or entry permit and any NPIP or Pullorum-Typhoid evidence required for the class of bird.
- Exhibitions - poultry exhibited at a Nevada show must originate from a Pullorum-Typhoid-clean or NPIP-participating flock or have a negative test within 90 days of the event, enforced at check-in, with NPIP program status able to substitute for the separate test while the documentation requirement remains.
- Hatcheries and breeding flocks - a Nevada hatchery, chick dealer, or seller of hatching eggs must participate in the state poultry health program, keeping source, lot, and testing records. Chicks, poults, or hatching eggs for sale must come from clean or NPIP-participating breeding flocks, tested at least annually, with reactors removed.
- Reportable disease and disposal - a suspected or confirmed reportable poultry disease event, including avian influenza, must be reported immediately to the Animal Industry Division. Carcasses must be disposed of promptly by an approved method under Nev. Rev. Stat. Chapter 571 and Nevada Division of Environmental Protection disposal requirements, with dated records of each event.
Egg and Processing Layer: Food and Nutrition
Under Nev. Rev. Stat. Chapter 583 and NAC 583, a person who grades, candles, packages, or sells eggs as a dealer must hold a Nevada egg dealer license and meet grading, candling, refrigeration, and labeling requirements. A producer selling only eggs from their own hens, without purchasing eggs from others, may operate under the producer exemption, but eggs must still be clean, wholesome, and honestly represented, and graded eggs must be labeled with grade, size, packer name and address, and pack date, and refrigerated. For poultry processing, a producer must use a licensed or USDA-inspected establishment under Nev. Rev. Stat. Chapter 574 unless every condition of Nevada's on-farm or custom exemption is met, including processing only its own birds with the required labeling and annual bird limits, keeping slaughter and sales records.
Environmental Layer: Nevada DEP Water Quality
A poultry operation that is a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation must obtain NPDES or state CAFO permit coverage from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's Water Quality program before discharging or operating its waste management system, under 40 CFR Part 122, implementing a nutrient management plan and keeping production-area and land-application records. The catalog records the below-threshold position: an operation under the large CAFO threshold (fewer than 125,000 broilers or pullets, or 82,000 laying hens without a wet handling system, or 55,000 turkeys in grow-out) that does not discharge is generally not required to hold a CAFO permit, though designation can change that. Records are kept for the period the permit requires, commonly five years, and covered CAFOs submit the annual report under 40 CFR 122.42(e)(4).
Where Poultry Log Fits
Poultry Log's Nevada catalog carries these requirements with official source links and form templates, in the same workspace as the daily records that feed them. The egg layer connects to the wholesale egg dealer records guide, the NPIP layer to the NPIP participation records guide, and the DEP layer to the CAFO permit guide. Confirm current requirements with NDA and Nevada DEP; completing a checklist does not certify legal compliance. Start free at poultrylog.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Nevada agencies regulate poultry?
The Nevada Department of Agriculture's Animal Industry Division handles imports, exhibitions, hatcheries, breeding flocks, reportable disease, and carcass disposal under Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 571.210 to 571.320 and NAC 571. The Food and Nutrition program handles egg dealer licensing under Chapter 583 and processing exemptions under Chapter 574, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's Water Quality program handles CAFO coverage under 40 CFR Part 122.
Do Nevada egg producers need a dealer license?
A person who grades, candles, packages, or sells eggs as a dealer must hold a Nevada egg dealer license under Nev. Rev. Stat. Chapter 583 and NAC 583. A producer selling only eggs from their own hens, without purchasing eggs from others, may use the producer exemption, but graded eggs must still be labeled with grade, size, packer name and address, and pack date, and refrigerated.
What are Nevada's CAFO thresholds for poultry?
The Poultry Log Nevada catalog records the below-threshold exemption as fewer than 125,000 broilers or pullets, or 82,000 laying hens without a wet handling system, or 55,000 turkeys in grow-out, under Nevada DEP's Water Quality program and 40 CFR Part 122. An operation below threshold that does not discharge is generally not required to hold a CAFO permit, though designation can require coverage.