[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of North Haledon 5-21-1979 (Ch. 193 of the 1990 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any drink or beverage intended for human consumption.
A permit or a license issued or granted to any person by
virtue of the New Jersey Statutes and more particularly N.J.S.A. 26:3-32,
as amended and supplemented.
Includes any individual, firm, corporation, society, partnership,
unincorporated association or an association engaged in the business
or employed in the business of preparing and processing food intended
for human consumption, be it for immediate on- or off-premises consumption.
No person shall engage in or be employed in the business of or service of preparing and processing food intended for human consumption without first having obtained a food handler's certificate, upon written application therefor, from the Board of Health of the Borough of North Haledon, New Jersey, except as is expressly limited by § 640-4 of this chapter.
[Amended 11-22-1993 by Ord. No. BH:1-1993[1]]
The food handler's certificate required by § 640-2 of this chapter shall not be issued or granted to any person, unless the person seeking such food handler's certificate shall have first completed a course of instruction, generally in health education, sanitation, personal hygiene, food poisoning, dishwashing procedures and other related health matters. The course of instruction shall be under the supervision or the direction of the State of New Jersey's Health Department and will be reviewed by the Health Officer of the Borough of North Haledon, New Jersey. A fee as provided in Chapter 635, Fees, Health, will be imposed for review of the said course of instruction.
No person, as is herein defined, shall engage
in or be employed in the business of preparing or processing food
intended for human consumption for a period exceeding 30 days without
applying for the food handler's certificate and also fully complying
with all of the terms as are prescribed in this chapter.
No person to whom a food handler's certificate
is issued or granted shall give, loan, transfer or permit the same
to be used by any other person for any purpose whatsoever.
The food handler's certificate, when granted, shall be valid for a period of five years, unless the same is suspended or revoked, and the fee therefor shall be as provided in Chapter 635, Fees, Health. An additional fee as provided in Chapter 635, Fees, Health, will be charged to anyone seeking a replacement for a lost or stolen card.
For good cause shown and on written notice to
any person holding a food handlers's certificate, the Board of Health
of the Borough of North Haledon, New Jersey, expressly reserves the
right to suspend or revoke any food handler's certificate issued or
granted pursuant to this chapter.
All employers engaged in the business or service
of preparing and processing food intended for human consumption, be
it for immediate on- or off-premises consumption, shall at all times
keep and maintain accurate records of the name and address of each
employee, date of employment, the date of the issuance of said food
handler's certificate and the number thereof, which record shall be
available at all times for inspection by the Board of Health of the
Borough of North Haledon, New Jersey, or any of its accredited agents
or representatives.
Except as is expressly limited in § 640-4 herein intended for new employees, no employer shall employ any person in the preparation or processing of food intended for human consumption unless the person so employed shall have a food handler's certificate as is herein defined.
[Amended 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. BH:1-1990; 11-22-1993 by Ord. No. BH:1-1993; 4-28-2008 by Ord. No. BH:5-2008]
A.Â
No person shall operate a retail food establishment
without first having obtained a retail food establishment license.
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No license shall be issued unless the establishment
complies with the applicable provisions of the State of New Jersey
Sanitary Code for Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Retail
Food Establishment.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Chapter XII of the New
Jersey State Sanitary Code, Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments
and Food and Beverage Vending Machines (N.J.A.C. 8:24).
[Added 4-28-2008 by Ord.
No. BH:5-2008]
All buildings and premises subject to this chapter are subject
to inspection from time to time by the Registered Environmental Health
Specialist or his/her duly authorized representatives. All rooms and
areas in the building shall be available and accessible for such inspections,
which shall be made during usual business hours if the premises are
used for nonresidential purposes; provided, however, that inspections
may be made at other times if the premises are not available during
the foregoing hours for inspections, there is reason to believe that
violations are occurring on the premises which can be determined and
proved by inspection only during other than the prescribed hours,
or there is reason to believe a violation exists of a character which
is an immediate threat to health or safety requiring inspection and
abatement without delay.
[Added 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. BH:1-1990; amended 4-28-2008 by Ord. No.
BH:5-2008]
Any person who violates or neglects to comply
with any provisions of this chapter or code established herein or
notice issued thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable for
a penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each violation or for a term of
imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or a period of community service
not to exceed 90 days.
