[Adopted 12-18-1962 (Ch. 162, Art. III, of the 1974 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any drink or beverage intended for human consumption.
The permit or license issued or granted to any person by
virtue of this article.
Any person who handles food or drink during preparation,
processing or serving, or who comes in contact with any eating or
cooking utensil or who is employed in a room where food or drink is
prepared or served and includes any individual, firm, corporation,
association, society or partnership and their agents, officers or
employees.
Includes restaurants, taverns, box lunch establishments,
bakeries, meat markets, delicatessens, luncheonettes, caterers, soda
fountains, food vending vehicles and any other place in which food
or drink is prepared or stored for public consumption, distribution
or sale at retail, including vehicles used in connection therewith,
and all places where water for drinking or culinary purposes is available
for public use.
Any kitchenware, tableware, glassware, cutlery, containers
or other equipment with which food or drink comes in contact.
No person shall engage in or be employed in
the business or service of handling, preparing, processing, storing,
selling or serving food, or handling or washing utensils in a retail
food handling establishment, whether intended for immediate on or
off-premises consumption, without first having obtained a food handler's
certificate, upon written application from the Board of Health of
the Borough of Totowa, nor shall any person employ, use or allow anyone
to be a food handler unless such person shall first have obtained
such certificate from the Board of Health.
A.
A food handler's certificate will be issued after
presentation by the applicant to the Board of Health of a certificate
of examination from a duly qualified physician licensed to practice
in this state, which shall include the employment of standard and
recognized methods for determining the presence of communicable disease.
The findings shall be recorded upon blanks provided by the Board of
Health for that purpose.
B.
A fee of $1 shall be charged for the issuance of a
food handler's certificate, which must be carried on the person to
whom issued when handling food or drink, and presented upon request
to any member of the Board of Health or any authorized representative.
C.
The food handler's certificate shall expire on June
30 each year.
In order to secure a food handler's certificate,
the medical examination of a person must be made within 15 days before
application is made to the Board of Health for a food handler's certificate
and it must show the person to be free from:
No person to whom a food handler's certificate
is issued or granted shall give, loan, transfer or permit the same
to be used by any other person, for any purposes whatsoever.
A.
The food handler's certificate, when granted, shall
be valid until the same is suspended or revoked or it expires.
B.
For good cause shown and on written notice to any
person holding a food handler's certificate, the Board of Health expressly
reserves the right to suspend or revoke any food handler's certificate
issued or granted pursuant to this article.
All employers engaged in the business or service
of preparing and processing food intended for human consumption, whether
for immediate on- or off-premises consumption, shall at all times
keep and maintain accurate records of the name and address of each
employee, date of employment, the date of the issuance of said food
handler's certificate and the number thereof, which record shall be
available at all times for inspection by the Board of Health, or any
of its accredited agents or representatives.
