CROSS SECTION: For provisions pertaining to vermin control, see Section 16:20-1 et seq.
For fumigation and disinfection restrictions, see Section 16:19-2.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-1]
As used in this chapter, the terms exterminator or insecticide shall mean any substance, not a fumigant, under whatever name known, used for the destruction or control of insects, vermin, rodents or other pests.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-2]
No person shall sell, or offer for sale, or give away or distribute in the City any poisonous substance as an exterminator or insecticide unless the container bears a label legibly and conspicuously printed with the word "poison" and the symbol of the skull and crossbones in red ink followed with the words "Caution — This exterminator or insecticide contains (state name of the poison) a deadly poison," together with the antidote therefor and the name and address of the manufacturer or packer, and with the words "Poison," "Caution," and "Antidote" in block type of a larger size than the other wording, all to be set forth in the following format:
Poison
Symbol
(Skull and Crossbones)
This exterminator or insecticide contains
(Insert name of poison)
A deadly poison
Antidote—State briefly.
Manufactured (or packed) by
Name __________
Address __________
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-3]
No person shall sell, offer for sale or give away any fluoride to be used as an exterminator or insecticide, unless such fluoride is distinctly colored nile blue. No fluoride, other than fluoride distinctly colored nile blue, shall be used as an exterminator or insecticide by anyone other than persons engaged in the business of extermination.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-4]
No person shall prepare or manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away, deal in, supply or use, or have in his/her possession, with intent to sell, offer for sale, give away, deal in, supply or use an exterminator or insecticide which contains living bacterial organisms or any culture or preparation thereof.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-5]
No person shall compound, distribute or use sodium fluoroacetate, commonly known by the trade name "Compound 1080," without first having obtained permission from the Health Officer.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-6]
The Director is authorized to promulgate additional rules and regulations as may be necessary under which rodenticides and insecticides may be used and dispensed in the City.
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Editor's Note: For State Statute concerning disinfection of premises occupied by certain diseased persons, see N.J.S. 2A:134-1.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-7]
As used in this section, the term "fumigant" means any substance which by itself or in combination with any other substance emits or liberates a gas, fume or vapor used for the destruction or control of insects, fungi, vermin, rodents or other pests, as distinguished from insecticides and disinfectants which are essentially effective in the solid or liquid phases.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-8]
No person shall carry out or cause to be carried out any fumigation or disinfection by any dangerous or poisonous gas within the City unless such person shall have previously obtained from the Director permission to do so.
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Editor's Note: For State Statute requiring a permit from the Municipal Police Department for the purchase and use of hydrocyanic acid gas in fumigation, see N.J.S. 2A:123-2.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:7-9]
The Health Officer of the City is authorized to forbid or to prescribe the conditions under which such fumigation or disinfection may be permitted to be done in the City.