[Ord. 8/12/70, S1]
A code regulating retail food establishments and fixing penalties
for violations is hereby established pursuant to Revised Statutes
26: 3-69 to 69.6. A copy of the code is annexed hereto and made a
part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
[Ord. 8/12/70, S1]
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described
and commonly known as the "Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey
(1965)."
[Ord. 8/12/70, S1]
Three copies of the "Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey
(1965)" have been placed on file in the office of the secretary of
this local board of health and will remain on file for the use and
examination of the public.
[Ord. #62-3, S4a]
No person shall operate a retail food handling establishment
unless a license or approval of an existing license to operate the
same shall have been issued by the board of health. Such license or
approval of an existing license shall be posted in a conspicuous place
in such establishment.
[Ord. #62-3, S4b; Ord. #85-01]
The fee for food handlers licenses or the reapproval of existing
licenses shall be as follows:
[Ord. #62-3, S4c]
Licenses issued or approved under provisions of this chapter
shall expire annually on December 31 of each year and application
for renewal thereof shall be submitted, together with the required
fee, prior to December 1 of each year.
[Ord. #62-3, S4d]
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,
the certificate, permit or license may be approved by this board of
health and there shall be a fee of $12.50 charged for such approval.
[Ord. #62-3, S4e]
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.
Ord. #62-3, S4f
A license or approval of a certificate, permit or license issued
by another board of health is not transferable.
[Ord. #62-3, S4g]
No person whose certificate, permit or license shall have been
suspended or revoked under the terms of this chapter shall operate
thereunder from and after such suspension or revocation until the
establishment shall have been re-inspected and a certificate of compliance
with this chapter and/or the provisions of the code shall have been
issued by the board of health or its authorized representative.
[Ord. #62-3, S4h]
There shall be a charge of $3 for each reinspection which may
be necessary by reason of suspension or revocation of any license,
permit or certificate.
[Ord. #62-3, S4i]
All fees provided under the terms of this chapter shall be disposed
of as follows: Out of each fee of $12.50 paid for licenses or approval
of existing licenses issued by the Township of Wantage or any other
jurisdiction, $10 thereof shall be paid to the authorized representative
of the board of health who is appointed to administer the provisions
of this chapter, and $2.50 thereof shall be paid to the township.
All fees for re-inspection occasioned by suspension or revocation
of certificates, permits or licenses shall be paid to the authorized
representative of the board of health who is appointed to administer
the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. #62-3, S4j]
Every applicant for a license shall procure, at his expense,
a certificate as to the fitness of the water supply on the premises
to be licensed for use in connection with the operation of a retail
food handling establishment. This requirement shall apply to each
annual renewal of such license. This certificate shall be issued by
a person qualified to perform potable water analysis under the laws
of the State of New Jersey. In the event the applicant so desires,
such analysis may be performed by the sanitary inspector of the township
and the fee for the same shall be as determined by the township board
of health.
