Quote from ElLeon on June 24, 2024, 7:52 pm

Received This From The BMorg. If you meet the requirements for a food permit listed below, please get one. It can negatively affect our entire camp if you don't. If you have any questions not addressed below please let me know.

El Leon

Hushville Camp Lead

Nevada Temporary Food Permit Requirements

If you wish to share, gift or serve food and/or non-alcoholic beverages to the public or general population at the Burning Man event, regardless of the number served; or if you will be serving food or non-alcoholic beverages to more than 125 people in your camp, a temporary food permit is required from the Central Nevada Health District (CNHD), per Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 446.870.

Please note that starting in 2024 the CNHD is approving food permits for Burning Man.

The following food items are exempt from permitting requirements:

·         Alcoholic beverages

·         Foods not requiring refrigeration that are commercially prepared and prepackaged that will be served unopened in the single-serve size packaging. Examples of these foods include unopened packages of candy, single-serve sized bags of chips, pretzels, snack bars, cookies, or nuts, cans of soda, and bottled water

·         Whole uncut fruit

·         Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate prepared from commercial, packaged products and commercially bottled water which are served without any milk, dairy, or reconstituted dairy; using only powdered non-dairy creamer or ultra-pasteurized dairy creamer in individual servings

·         Commercially prepared acidic beverages, such as orange juice or lemonade, served from their original container without the addition of ice or other foods

·         Commercially prepared, prepackaged, and unopened individual ice cream bars

Any public food service or sharing of food outside of the exempted foods, regardless of the number of people served requires a temporary food permit. Also, food service for 125 or more people in your theme camp requires a temporary food permit.

Information on how to apply and the Burning Man specific food permit application will be available at  https://www.centralnevadahd.org/burning-man-landing-page/

This website is still under construction, please check it periodically for updates about the food permit application process. Application deadlines for this year will be announced via the Placement Newsletter.

Also available online at the CNHD website linked above is a self check-list for planning your food operation at Burning Man. The CNHD  website also contains documents explaining state food safety requirements here: https://www.centralnevadahd.org/environmental-health-services/

If you have questions or concerns, contact the CNHD office at (775) 867-8181 or HealthPermit@CentralNevadaHD.org

Thank you.

Central Nevada Health District
485 W B Street Suite 105
Fallon, NV 89406

NRS 446.870 States in part, “Prohibited acts: Operation of food establishment without valid permit issued by health authority; sale, offer or display for consideration of food prepared in private home without valid permit issued by health authority; exemptions.
1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person to operate a food establishment unless the person possesses a valid permit issued to him or her by the health authority.”

NRS 446.875  Issuance of permit.
1.  Any person desiring to operate a food establishment must make a written application for a permit on forms provided by the health authority. The application must include:
(a) The applicant’s full name and post office address.
(b) A statement whether the applicant is a natural person, firm or corporation, and, if a partnership, the names of the partners, together with their addresses.
(c) A statement of the location and type of the proposed food establishment.
(d) The signature of the applicant or applicants.
2.  An application for a permit to operate a temporary food establishment must also include the inclusive dates of the proposed operation.
3.  Upon receipt of such an application, the health authority shall make an inspection of the food establishment to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter. When inspection reveals that the applicable requirements of this chapter have been met, the health authority shall issue a permit to the applicant.
4.  A permit to operate a temporary food establishment may be issued for a period not to exceed 14 days.
5.  A permit issued pursuant to this section:
(a) Is not transferable from person to person or from place to place.
(b) Must be posted in every food establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 753; A 1969, 811; 1987, 383)

NRS 446.945  Penalties.  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, such persons may be enjoined from continuing such violations. Each day upon which such a violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 758; A 1969, 815)

Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS), Chapter 446 are available online at http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-446.html