As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FOOD
Any raw, cooked, processed edible substances, water, ice,
beverage or ingredient used or intended for use or for sale in whole
or in part for human consumption.
FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE
A certificate issued by the Verona Health Department which
certifies that the holder of such certificate has successfully completed
a course of general instruction given by or approved by the Verona
Health Department or the New Jersey State Department of Health and
covering proper food-handling techniques, bacteria characteristics
and growth, spread of food-borne diseases, methods of preventing food
poisoning, equipment and establishment sanitization, dish washing
and sanitization and insect and rodent control.
RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Any fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order
café, luncheonette, grill, tea room, sandwich shop, soda fountain,
tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, nightclub, roadside stand, industrial
feeding establishment, private or public or nonprofit organization,
institution or group which prepares, stores or serves food, catering
kitchen, commissary, box lunch establishment, retail bakery, meat
market, delicatessen, grocery store, public food market or any similar
place in which food or drink is prepared for retail sale or service
on the premises or elsewhere, and any other retail eating or drinking
establishment or operation where food is served, handled or provided
for the public with or without charge.
SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE
The person or individual who is present in a retail food
establishment and who is charged with the responsibility of supervising
or overseeing the preparation or serving of food in such establishment.
All retail food establishments in the Township of Verona shall
be operated and maintained in accordance with the requirements and
standards of Chapter XII, Sanitation In Retail Food Establishments
And Food And Beverage Vending Machines, of the New Jersey State Sanitary
Code, as may hereafter be amended or supplemented, and in accordance
with this chapter.
No person, individual or entity shall operate a retail food establishment in the Township of Verona unless a license to operate such establishment has been issued to such establishment by the Verona Health Department. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in such retail food establishment. A license for a retail food establishment as required by this chapter shall be issued by the Verona Health Department upon the filing of an application on forms supplied by the Verona Health Department and upon payment of the licensing fee required by Chapter
A565. All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire annually on June 30 on each year. Fees payable under this chapter for licenses shall not be prorated.
No license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter shall
be transferable to any person or entity by the holder thereof.
Fees for the issuance of a license or certificate required under this chapter shall be as established under Chapter
A565, Fees, for the following:
A. Retail food establishment license.
B. Food handler's certificate.
C. Verona Health Department course of general instruction for food handler's
certificate.
D. Fees for reinspection of any food establishment, as same is defined
in this article, which are necessitated by a conditional or unsatisfactory
rating given at the time of inspection of a said establishment licensed
or to be licensed by the Township of Verona, shall be in the amount
of the license fee application to the facility or premises.
[Added 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 5-94]
E. Any retail food establishment requiring an inspection for licensor
or as a result of an emergency during off-duty hours, such as weekends,
evenings or holidays, shall reimburse the Township for reasonable
costs of the inspection, including the salary or wages of the inspector
called as a result of the emergency.
[Added 6-6-1994 by Ord.
No. 5-94]
Any person or entity who violates any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than
$50 nor more than $500 for each violation. Each day for which a particular
violation continues shall constitute a separate violation of this
chapter.