[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now the Council) of the City of Perth Amboy 11-18-69 as Ord. No. C-844. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
FOOD DEALER
Every person, firm or corporation, his, her, it's or their agents, servants or employees, engaged in the business of selling, offering or exposing for sale food at retail for human consumption either on or off the premises where sold.
It shall be unlawful for any food dealer in the City of Perth Amboy, as defined in § 291-1, to sell or offer or expose for sale at retail any sealed, prepackaged, unprocessed or untreated fresh cut meat or frozen meat unless the packaging thereof is colorless and transparent on all sides, exclusive of labeling, which labeling shall not occupy more than ten percent (10%) of one (1) side of said package, or which fresh cut meat or frozen meat is layered or shingled making the entire contents of said package not wholly visible. This section shall not apply to meat commonly designated or known as "chopped meat" or "ground meat."
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 five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed ninety (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.