An unpermitted food vendor includes any person or entity selling food without a valid health permit or business license.

NRS 446.870 prohibited acts: Operation of any food establishment without a valid health permit; sale, offer or display of food prepared in private home without a valid health permit.

Farmers that do not have a producers’ certificate are considered unpermitted food vendors/ illegal vendors.

Note: There are exceptions to this law. A facility may fall under the Cottage Food Law (current link is incorrect, link to https://www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org/permits-and-regulations/cottage-food-operations/) or the Craft Food Law if certain criteria are met.