[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of
Runnemede 4-21-1965 (Ch. 118 of the 1970 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating retail food-handling establishments, providing
for the inspection of such establishments and fixing penalties for
violations is hereby established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to
26:3-69.6. A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof
without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described
and commonly known as the "Retail Food Handling Establishment Code
of New Jersey (1952)."
Three copies of the said Retail Food Handling Establishment
Code of New Jersey (1952) have been placed on file in the office of
the Secretary of this local Board of Health upon the introduction
of this chapter and will remain on file there until final action is
taken on this chapter, for the use and examination of the public.
A.
No person shall operate a retail food-handling establishment unless
a license or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license
to operate the same shall have been issued by this Board of Health.
Such license or approval of an existing certificate, permit or license
shall be posted in a conspicuous place in such establishment.
B.
There shall be a charge of $10 for such license or approval of an
existing certificate, permit or license.
C.
Licenses issued or approved under the provisions of this chapter
shall expire annually on the first day of July of each year, and application
for renewal thereof shall be submitted, together with the required
fee, prior to the first day of June of each year.
D.
A person conducting an itinerant retail food-handling establishment
shall secure a license, 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 shall be approved by this Board
of Health and there shall be a fee of $10 charged for such approval.
E.
A license or approval of certificate, permit or license may be suspended
or revoked for a violation by the holder of any provision of this
chapter or code, after an opportunity for a hearing by the Board of
Health or its authorized representative.
F.
A license or approval of a certificate, permit or license issued
by another Board of Health is not transferable.
[Added 7-7-2009 by Ord. No. 09-15]
[Amended 3-17-1970 by Ord. No. 238[1]]
Any person who violates any provision of or order promulgated
under this chapter or code established herein shall, upon conviction
thereof, be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 for each violation.
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
