[Added 1-2-2009]
The Board of Health of the Borough of Kenilworth hereby adopts
and incorporates by reference Chapter 24 of Title 8 of New Jersey
Administrative Codes and as may be amended for the conduct of all
retail and mobile food facilities operating within the Borough of
Kenilworth.
[Amended 1-2-2009]
Any entity that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food within the Borough shall be licensed by the Department of Health. The fee for said license shall be as follows: Refer to Article XIII, License and Fee Schedule.
A.
No person shall construct, maintain or operate a well or spring the
water of which is used for domestic purposes, whether for drinking,
washing or other domestic use, either in the home or in a business
establishment, without first obtaining permission from the Board of
Health. If such permission is granted, the person receiving such permission
shall allow the Health Officer or any agent of said Board to enter
the premises at any time for the purpose of taking samples of water
for analysis.
B.
All water dispensers, coolers, containers or devices used in connection
with the sale or distribution of drinking water shall meet with the
approval of the Board of Health.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 199, General
Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I)]
No person shall sell any ice in the Borough of Kenilworth without first obtaining a license therefor from the Board of Health. The fee for said license is set forth in § 212-26, Fees enumerated.
[Added 12-17-1998]
A.
FOOD
FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE
RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
SUPERVISOR
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Includes any substance used or intended to be used as food
or drink for human consumption.
A certificate provided for herein issued by the Kenilworth
Health Department or any other agency recognized by the Kenilworth
Health Department and acting on its behalf.
Any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee shop; cafeteria; short
order cafe; luncheonette; grill; tearoom; sandwich shop; soda fountain;
tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; nightclub; roadside stand; industrial
feeding establishment; private, public or nonprofit organization or
institution serving food; catering kitchen; commissary; box lunch
establishment; retail bakery; meat market; delicatessen; grocery store;
public food market; or similar place in which food or drink is prepared
for retail sale or for 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.
Any person charged with the responsibility of overseeing
the operations, including the supervision of employees engaged in
the preparing, processing and sale of food or drink intended for human
consumption, be it for on- or off-premises consumption.
B.
No establishment shall operate for more than 90 days without the
supervisor(s) employed in that establishment applying for a food handler's
certificate.
C.
No establishment shall operate for more than six months without the
supervisor(s) employed in that establishment completing a course of
general instruction in bacteria characteristics and growth, spread
of food-borne diseases, methods of preventing food poisoning, proper
food-handling techniques, equipment and establishment sanitation,
dishwashing and sanitization and insect and rodent control.
D.
No person to whom a food handler's certificate is issued or granted
shall give, lend, transfer or permit the same to be used by any other
person for any purpose whatsoever.
E.
Within six months of enactment of this section, no establishment
shall be open for business in the preparing, processing and/or sale
of food or drink intended for human consumption without having a supervisor
on the premises who has a food handler's certificate.
F.
A food handler's certificate may be granted to supervisors taking
a comparable course of instruction by another New Jersey municipal
health department or recognized institution approved by the Kenilworth
Board of Health.
G.
Any person or persons, corporation or other organization violating
any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 in
the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court for each offense.
Any license issued by the Kenilworth Board of Health for any premises
wherein a violation of this section is found to exist may, in the
discretion of said Board of Health and after proper hearing had thereon,
be revoked.
