It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by
N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq., Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments
and Food and Beverage Vending Machines, of the New Jersey State Sanitary
Code without first having procured a license from the local Board
of Health so to do or without complying with any or all of the provisions
concerning operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the
aforementioned N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq.
The fees for licensure of retail food establishments are as established in §
396-10.
No provision of this chapter shall be applied so as to impose
any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity
of the state or federal government.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
and each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each
day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.