The Health Officer shall conduct a food handlers'
training program once a year. Additional courses for specific violators
or complaints may be required by a food establishment at the direction
or order of the Board of Health. All courses given by the Health Officer
shall be in compliance with the New Jersey Department of Health guidelines
for food handler course training programs.
Establishments shall provide personnel to an
approved food handler course training program in the following manner:
A. Takeout and miscellaneous establishments: one person
per shift.
B. Restaurants of 49 seats and below: one person per
shift.
C. Restaurants of 50 seats and above: two persons per
shift.
D. Supermarkets: one store manager and one person from
each department per shift.
E. Hotels/motels: two persons from each food-handling
department or restaurant per shift.
[Amended 12-8-2005]
Any establishment not in compliance with any
provision of this chapter shall be subject to the following fines
per offense:
C. Third and each consecutive offense: $200.
The Board of Health may suspend the retail food
establish license of any person convicted of violation of this chapter
for a period not more than three days, pursuant to the authority of
the Board of Health to license and regulate food establishments as
provided by N.J.S.A. 26:3-31c.