[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Wharton (Sec. 15-2 of the Revised General Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall engage in the business of selling
food or drink, or both, in the Borough without first obtaining a license
from the Board of Health. All licenses must be renewed no later than
December 31 of the current year, effective January 1 of the succeeding
year. The fees for food and drink licenses are as follows.
A.
Prepackaged food only: $75
E.
Revision review fee: 1/2 of original application fee.
F.
Temporary license (14 days or less): $25.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-11]
G.
Temporary license (15 to 60 days): $50.
[Amended 6-13-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-11]
H.
Reinspection fee of retail food and beverage establishments
posted as conditional or unsatisfactory: 1/2 of food and drink fee.
The license shall specify:
A.
Owner of establishment, including address and telephone
number.
B.
Trade name of establishment.
C.
Emergency contact.
D.
Name, address and telephone number of person whom
process shall be served upon.
E.
Location of room or rooms or the building where the
selling of food and drink permitted by licensed is carried on.
F.
Types of food being sold, i.e., prepackaged, prepared
on site, etc.
The license issued by the Board of Health shall
not be transferred from one person to another nor shall it be transferable
from one premises to another.
All such licensed establishments shall be kept
clean at all times. The Board of Health may, for good and sufficient
reason, revoke any license, provided that the licensee or licensees
shall have been given or afforded opportunity to be heard and permitted
to show cause why such action should not be taken.
A.
Every retail food establishment shall be required
to have at least one employee designated as a "food service manager"
(FSM).
B.
The FSM will have completed the food handlers course
offered by the Wharton Health Department or a similar course approved
by the Wharton Health Department.
C.
The FSM certification shall be posted on the site
in a conspicuous place.
D.
The FSM shall complete a recertification course every
three years.
E.
All employees shall complete the food handlers course
given by the Wharton Health Department at the earliest possibility.
F.
Food establishments that do not prepare or serve potentially
hazardous foods on site are exempt from these requirements.