It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation,
cooperative or association to conduct within the Township of Lacey
a retail food establishment as defined in Chapter 12 of the State
Sanitary Code without having procured a license from the Board of
Health of the Township of Lacey. The establishment sought to be licensed
shall comply in all respects with Chapter 12 of the State Sanitary
Code.
The Board of Health or its authorized licensed
personnel, having reason to suspect that any retail food establishment,
temporary retail food establishment or mobile food establishment is
or may be a source of food-borne infection, shall advise the owner,
manager or employees thereof accordingly and order appropriate action
to be taken which will eliminate the source of infection. In the event
such action is not taken immediately, the Board of Health or its authorized
licensed personnel may cause an order to be issued requiring the establishment
to be closed in order to protect the public health. The order will
give the alleged violator an opportunity to be heard within a reasonable
time, not to exceed 15 days, while the order remains in effect.
The Board of Health or its authorized licensed
personnel, suspecting an employee of any retail food establishment,
temporary retail food establishment or mobile retail food establishment
to be ill or infected with a disease or to be a carrier of a disease
which may be transmitted through food, may order him or her to surrender
his or her food service employee's permit and to leave the establishment
and refrain from returning to work in or about such establishment
and order the employer to prohibit such employee from returning to
work until permission is granted to return by the Board of Health.
No provision of 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 less than $5 nor more than $500; 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.