Borough of Haledon, NJ Article I Standards and Licensing

§ 430-1 Adoption of standards.

The provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1 et seq. pertaining to retail food establishments and food and beverage vending machines shall be enforced in the Borough of Haledon. A printed copy of said chapter was annexed to and incorporated by reference in the ordinance adopting said code, and is hereby incorporated in this chapter by reference and made a part hereof as fully as though it had been set forth at length herein. Three copies of same are on file in the Board of Health office of the Borough of Haledon.

§ 430-2 Permit requirements, fees and procedures.

A. No person shall operate a retail food-handling establishment unless a permit or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license to operate the same shall have been issued by this Board of Health. Such permit or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license shall be posted in a conspicuous place visible to the public in such establishment.

B. There shall be a charge as indicated in Chapter 435 of the Code of the Borough of Haledon for such permit or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license.

C. Permits issued or approved under the provisions of this article shall expire annually on December 31 of each year, and application for renewal thereof shall be submitted, together with the required fee, prior to January 1 of each year.

D. A person conducting an itinerant retail food-handling establishment shall secure a permit, or if such person is the holder of a certificate, permit or license issued by the Board of Health of another jurisdiction, said certificate, permit or license may be approved by this Board of Health and there shall be a fee as indicated in Chapter 435 of the Code of the Borough of Haledon for such approval.

E. A permit or approval of certificate, permit or license may be suspended or revoked for a violation by the holder of any provision of this article or code, after an opportunity for a hearing by the Board of Health or its authorized representative.

F. A permit or approval of a certificate, permit or license issued by another Board of Health is not transferable.

G. When the Health Officer has reasonable cause to believe that any eating or drinking establishment or itinerant eating or drinking establishment or any employee thereof may be a source of foodborne infection, he is authorized to require the immediate closing of the eating or drinking establishment concerned until no further danger of disease outbreak exists or to cause the immediate exclusion of the employee from the eating or drinking establishment or to cause an immediate change of operating procedure to correct those conditions which may be at fault.

§ 430-3 Violations and penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of or order promulgated under this article or code established herein shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both for each violation. Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.