[Amended 4-12-1994; 11-8-2007]
A. Terms defined by statute. As used in this chapter,
the terms, "mobile retail food establishment," "retail food establishment,"
"temporary retail food establishment," and "vending machine" shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Chapter 24 of Title 8
of the New Jersey Administrative Code.
B. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
FARMERS' MARKET
An essentially outdoor food establishment, located on Township-owned
lands, for the selling of produce grown by persons selling it, the
selling of produce derivatives (licensed and permitted where applicable)
which the sellers have created, the selling of baked goods by the
creators thereof (originating from state-inspected and -licensed facilities),
and the selling, under reasonable regulations of the Farmers’
Market Committee, of artisan crafts.
[Added 5-12-2011 by Ord. No. BOH2011-1]
VENDING MACHINE OPERATOR
Any individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation,
trustee, association, or any other public, private or other legal
entity, who by contract, agreement, or ownership, takes responsibility
for furnishing, installing, servicing, operating, or maintaining one
or more vending machines.
[Amended 4-12-1994]
All retail food establishments (whether regular,
temporary or mobile) and all vending machines in this Township shall
comply with applicable provisions of the law of the State of New Jersey,
including the provisions of Chapter 24 of Title 8 of the New Jersey
Administrative Code.
[Added 5-12-2011 by Ord. No. BOH2011-1]
A. A farmers' market shall be located on lands owned by this Township, shall be seasonal, and shall be supervised and operated, under the auspices of the Township, by the Farmers' Market Committee and Farmers' Market manager appointed pursuant to provisions under Chapter
80 of the Code of the Township of Holland.
B. The Farmers' Market Committee shall give advice to this Board
of Health and report to it from time to time as established by procedures
of this Board and the Farmers' Market Committee. Rules for the
farmers' market, developed by the Farmers' Market Committee,
shall be subject to approval by this Board of Health as well as approval
by the Township Committee.
C. The farmers' market shall obtain a food establishment license, pursuant to this Chapter
190, as a temporary Category 2 food establishment (or as such other category and type of license as is determined to be appropriate by the Hunterdon County Health Department and this Board of Health). The Farmers' Market Committee and Farmers' Market manager shall:
(1)
Compile and keep current a list of vendors at the market and
forward such information to this Board and the County Department of
Health;
(2)
Be responsible for providing vendors at the farmers' market
with information about and, as appropriate, applications for licenses
for each of their operations which require licensing, and for forwarding
such applications and fees for the license to the appropriate authority;
(3)
Make vendors aware of and facilitate health inspections where
required;
(4)
Report health regulation violations they become aware of to
this Board or the County Department of Health;
(5)
Where a vendor is, by order of this Board or the County Department
of Health, barred from the farmers' market, take steps to exclude
the vendor from participation in the market.
D. Each market vendor shall comply with applicable regulations and orders
of the state, the County Department of Health, and this Board of Health.
Vendors shall also comply with the "Minimum Food Safety Requirements
for Product Sales, Farm Markets and Community Farmers' Markets"
of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.
E. Market vendors shall obtain temporary food establishment licenses
where required for a fee equivalent to the fee the Township must pay
the County Department of Health for such license. (It is also understood
that under rules established by the Farmers' Market Committee
a vendor may be required to pay a fee for space at the market.)
A prior ordinance of this Board of Health establishing
a fee for the licensing of retail food-handling establishments, adopted
in 1985, is hereby repealed.