Enacts prohibitions relating to the use of disposable foodware containers containing polystyrene foam by certain food dispensing establishments. (BDR…

Existing law establishes various requirements for food establishments. (Chapter 446 of NRS) Beginning on October 1, 2025, section 3 of this bill: (1) prohibits a food dispensing establishment with 10 or more locations doing business in this State which offer a menu of substantially similar items from selling, preparing, providing or transporting food or beverages using a disposable foodware container that is made wholly or partially from polystyrene foam; and (2) makes a willful and knowing violation of this prohibition subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 per day for each day upon which such a violation occurs. Section 3 exempts from this prohibition a food dispensing establishment that is part of a business that has less than 10 locations in this State, unless the food dispensing establishment has 1 or more locations doing business in states other than Nevada which have prohibited the use of disposable foodware containers made wholly or partially from polystyrene foam. If, before October 1, 2025, an owner or operator of a food dispensing establishment purchased disposable foodware containers made wholly or partially from polystyrene foam, section 6 of this bill authorizes the food dispensing establishment to use the remaining inventory of such disposable foodware containers. Beginning on January 1, 2029, section 5 of this bill prohibits any food dispensing establishment from selling, preparing, providing or transporting food or beverages using disposable foodware containers made wholly or partially from polystyrene foam. Section 2 of this bill applies the definitions in existing law relating to food establishments to the provisions of section 3. Section 4 of this bill provides that a violation of this prohibition is not a misdemeanor.

Enacts prohibitions relating to the use of disposable foodware containers containing polystyrene foam by certain food dispensing establishments. (BDR 40-685)