A code regulating retail food establishments and fixing penalties
for violation is hereby established pursuant to N.J.R.S. 26:3-69 to
3-69.6. A copy of the code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof
without the inclusion of the text herein.
A code established and adopted by this Article shall be commonly
known as the "Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965)."
Three (3) copies of the Retail Food Establishment Code of New
Jersey (1965) have been placed on file in the office of the Township
Clerk and will remain on file there for use and examination by the
public.
[Amended 6-24-74 by Ord. No. 74-14-J]
A. Commencing July 1, 1974, no person responsible for the preparation
or handling of potentially hazardous food or responsible for the cleaning
of utensils and equipment, including management personnel directly
responsible for overall day-to-day operations, shall be permitted
to work in a retail food establishment unless he or she shall have
applied for a license, on or before July 1 of the licensing year,
and shall have completed within the licensing year a four-hour training
course in "Safe Food Preparation, Storage and Service Practices,"
to be offered by the Township of East Brunswick, or its equivalent,
as determined by the Director of Health, Environment and Welfare.
Persons who have completed the course for the first licensing year
are required to take a two-hour course in each succeeding year, provided
that new material is available.
[Amended 10-29-74 by Ord. No. 74-14-K; 3-10-75 by Ord. No. 75-122-H]
B. Those persons employed subsequent to July 1, 1974, shall within one
(1) month from the date of their employment register for the above-named
course of instruction.
[Amended 10-29-74 by Ord. No. 74-14-K]
C. "Potentially hazardous food" shall mean any perishable food which
consists in whole or in part of milk or milk products, eggs, meat,
poultry, fish, shellfish or other ingredients capable of supporting
rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms.
D. A fee of two dollars ($2.) shall be charged to each person registering
for the four-hour training course and two dollars ($2.) for the two-hour
refresher course.
[Amended 3-10-75 by Ord. No. 75-122-H; 1-24-77 by Ord. No. 77-1-VV]
[Amended 1-27-69 by Ord. No. 69-14-B; 12-23-74 by Ord. No. 74-122-G; 1-24-77 by Ord. No. 77-1-VV; 5-8-89 by Ord. No. 89-19; 12-10-18
by Ord. No. 18-34]
A. The annual fee for a license for an establishment which does not
process food shall be fifty dollars ($50.).
B. The annual fee for an establishment which process food shall be as
set forth in the schedule below:
RETAIL FOOD STORES BY SQUARE FOOTAGE
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Over 10,001 Sq. Ft.
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$500.00
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(8 hours)*
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5,001 to 10,000 Sq. Ft.
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$400.00
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(6 hours)
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1,001 to 5,000 Sq. Ft.
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$325.00
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(4 hours)
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0 to 1,000 Sq. Ft.
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$250.00
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*These are the approximate hours needs annually providing there
are no necessary re-inspections. Burdened salary is estimated at $35.00
an hour.
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RESTAURANTS BY SEATING CAPACITY
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100 or over
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$350.00
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(8 hours)
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50 to 99
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$250.00
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(5 hours)
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1 to 49
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$150.00
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(4 hours)
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Miscellaneous- Convenience Store, Camps, Schools, Bar, Tavern,
etc.
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$150.00
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(3 hours)
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OTHER
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Mobile Truck/Ice Cream Truck
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$150.00
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(3 hours)
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Catering Truck
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$150.00
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(3 hours)
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Re-Inspections
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$100.00
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(1.5 hours)
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(Fee for each re-inspection after being placed on conditional
or unsatisfactory)
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(1) For the purposes of this subsection "process" shall include the following
operations, but this enumeration shall not be exclusive:
(a)
Cooking, baking or frying food for consumption on or off the
premises.
(b)
Preparing sandwiches or salads.
(c)
Smoking, curing, pickling or otherwise preparing raw meat or
fish for consumption or for further processing.
(d)
Prepacking of preserved or raw meats.
(e)
The manufacture of frozen desserts, candy, sausages and cheese.
(f)
The roasting of meats, poultry, nuts and coffee or other beans.
(g)
Catering and preparation of box lunches.
(2) The manufacturing or processing of fresh milk or cream shall not
be considered food processing for the purposes of this subsection.
C. There shall be an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.) for each permit or renewal of an existing permit for each itinerant retail food-handling vehicle. Payment of the fee provided for in this subsection shall not entitle the vendor to a license required under Chapter
135, Article
III, of this Code, but a separate application and fee shall be made under that Article.
D. The above annual license fees are based on administrative costs,
plus the maximum of two (2) inspections per year required of establishments
that continue to remain in a satisfactory condition. Those establishments
requiring more than two (2) inspections per year as a result of citizen
complaints which are deemed by the Director of Health to be legitimate
or reinspections needed to obtain compliance will be subject to a
reinspection fee of one hundred dollars ($100.) for each such reinspection.
E. Temporary license for food. All food vendors shall be required to
obtain a license from East Brunswick Township at a cost of $50 for
one to two days and $100 for three days or greater.
[Added 9-14-81 by Ord. No. 81-392; amended 5-8-2023 by Ord. No. 23-13]
Licenses issued under the provisions of this Article shall expire,
annually, on June 30 of each year. Licenses issued between January
1 and June 30 may be obtained at half the usual fee.
[Added 3-24-75 by Ord. No. 75-14-M; amended 4-14-80 by Ord. No. 80-240]
A. The Director of the Department of Health, Environment and Welfare
or his representative shall have the power to conduct all inspections
under this Article.
B. The Director of Health, Environment and Welfare, in his discretion,
instead of prosecuting a licensee for violations of the State Sanitary
Code, may cause an order to be served on such person commanding him
to discontinue or abate the violation or to make such improvement
as may be necessary to abate the violation within a reasonable time.
The person receiving the order shall have the right to be heard either
in person or by attorney by the Director of Health Environment and
Welfare.
[Amended 4-14-80 by Ord. No. 80-240]