[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of River Edge 2-22-1982 by Ord. No. 82-1. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A temporary market established in a public space where a
variety of farm products, as defined in this chapter, are sold directly
to the consumer.
[Added 5-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 1860]
Any retail food establishment which is primarily engaged
in the sale of raw agricultural products, may cut the raw agricultural
products for sale on the premises and may include, as a minor portion
of its operation, the sale of factory-sealed or prepackaged food products
that do not normally require refrigeration and the sale of other grocery
products; or provides for the sale of farm products.
[Added 5-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 1860]
Any agricultural, horticultural, forest product, or other
product of the soil or water, including, but not limited to, fruits,
vegetables, eggs, dairy products, meat and meat products, poultry
and poultry products, fish and fish products, grain and grain products,
honey, nuts, preserves, maple sap product, apple cider, fruit juice,
ornamental or vegetable plants, nursery products or flowers.
[Added 5-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 1860]
Includes any substance used or intended to be used as food
or drink for human consumption.
A certificate issued by the River Edge Health Department
or any other program approved by the River Edge Health Department.
Anyone who sells food or beverages from a vehicle such as
a truck, van or pushcart, whether such food or beverages are prepared
on site or prepared elsewhere and transported to the site of the sale.
[Added 5-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 1860]
Any food which consists in whole or in part of milk or milk
products eggs, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, edible crustacea, raw
seed sprouts, heat-treated vegetables and vegetable products or other
ingredients, including synthetic ingredients, in a form capable of
supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic
microorganisms or the slower growth of C. botulinum. The term does
not include foods which have a pH level of 4.6 or below or a water
activity (aw) value of 0.85 or less.
[Added 2-24-1997 by Ord. No. 96-1]
Any business establishment or operation where food or drink
is prepared for retail sale or for services on the premises or elsewhere;
where food is served, handled or provided for the public, with or
without charge, including but not limited to the sale of raw agricultural
products, bakery products such as bread, cakes and pies, meat products,
candy or candy products, farm products as defined in this chapter,
fish or fish products, frozen dairy or flavored ice products, groceries,
products sold from a mobile food vendor; businesses such as retail
bakers, coffee shop, sandwich shop, industrial feeding establishment,
private, public or nonprofit organizations serving food, catering,
kitchen, commissary, box lunch establishment, mass market, delicatessens,
restaurants, supermarkets, taverns and temporary food establishments.
[Amended 5-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 1860]
Any person charged with the responsibility of overseeing
the operations, including the supervision, of employees engaged in
the preparing, processing and sale of food or drink intended for human
consumption, be it for immediate on- or off-premises consumption.
Any retail food establishment which operates at a fixed location
for a temporary period of time in connection with a fair, carnival,
circus, public exhibition or similar transitory function, including
church suppers, picnics or other organizational meetings; includes
mobile retail food establishments and mobile agricultural markets.
[Added 5-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 1860]
[Amended 2-24-1997 by Ord. No. 96-1; 5-2-2016 by Ord. No.
1860]
A.Â
No retail food establishment shall operate without the supervisors
employed in that establishment possessing a valid food handler's
certificate. This section shall not apply to those retail food establishments
selling only non-potentially hazardous foods which are prepackaged,
prewrapped or in an approved bulk serving container.
B.Â
The form of application and applicable fees shall be determined by
the River Edge Board of Health.
C.Â
With regards to nonprofit and/or volunteer organizations selling
and/or preparing and serving food to the public, a temporary permit,
exempt from fees, must be obtained from the Board of Health two weeks
prior to the date of the function. In order to obtain this permit,
the following information must be provided: date and length of function;
type of food being prepared; and approximate number of people being
served. In addition, each organization shall have someone from their
organization take the food handler's course and obtain a food
handler's certification.
[Added 2-24-1997 by Ord. No. 96-1]
The food handler's certificate shall expire
three years after the date of the successful completion of an approved
food handler's course. After three years, or more often if deemed
necessary by the Health Officer or his/her designee, by reason of
improper food handling practices being employed, food handler certification
status shall be updated.
No establishment shall operate for more than
six months without the supervisors employed in that establishment
completing a course of general instruction in bacteria characteristics
and growth, spread of food-borne diseases, methods of preventing food
poisoning, proper food-handling techniques, equipment and establishment
sanitation, dishwashing and sanitization and insect and rodent control.
No person to whom a food handler's certification
is issued or granted shall give, loan, transfer or permit the same
to be used by any other person for any purpose whatsoever.
Within six months of enactment of this chapter,
no establishment shall be open for business in the preparing, processing
and sale of food or drink intended for human consumption without having
a supervisor on the premises who has a food handler's certificate.
A food handler's certificate may be granted
to a supervisor taking a comparable course of instruction in another
municipality approved by the Borough of River Edge, New Jersey.
Any person or establishment violating any of
the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be subjected
to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each offense.
