It shall be unlawful for any person or any body corporate to
conduct a retail food establishment as defined in and governed by
the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965), established
by ordinance of the local Board of Health adopted May 1, 1970, without
first having procured a license from the local Board of Health so
to do or without complying with any or all of the provisions concerning
operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the aforementioned
Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965).
The fees for licensure of retail food establishments are hereby
fixed as follows:
A. Retail food establishment, permanent locale: $20 annually.
B. Temporary retail food establishment: $10, provided that no fee shall
be charged for any temporary permit issued to a church, school, volunteer
Fire Department or other charitable, religious or eleemosynary organization
for any such establishment in the operation of which the members of
such organization personally participate in preparing and distributing
food or food products.
No provision on this chapter shall be applied so as to impose
any unlawful burden on either interstate commerce or any activity
of the state or federal government.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a fine of not to exceed $200 or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a period of not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
and each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each
day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.