[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of Lacey 12-1-1976 (Ch. 119 of the 1974 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Retail food establishments — See Ch. 362.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any movable restaurant, truck, van, trailer, cart, bicycle
or other movable unit, including hand-carried portable containers
in or on which food or beverage is cooled or prepared and transported
for retail sale, or given away at temporary or fixed locations.
Any person, persons, partnership, franchise holder, company
or corporation which owns the business of selling cooked or prepared
food to persons from mobile units.
The owner and all employees shall comply with
all applicable sections of Chapter 12 of the New Jersey State Sanitary
Code.
A.
It shall be unlawful to operate a mobile food unit
without obtaining a license from the Board of Health.
B.
The annual license fee for each mobile food unit operating
within the Township of Lacey shall be $75 per year or any part of
a year. Licenses shall be renewed during the month of December.
[Amended 12-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-02]
C.
The license fee in the section above is designed to
cover the cost of inspections, is not to be interpreted to be a license
to peddle and is not subject to waiver in lieu of a peddlers license
issued to veterans who operate a mobile food unit at fixed locations.
Mobile food units shall comply with the following
specifications:
A.
A potable water supply tank, minimum capacity of 30
gallons, heated electrically or otherwise and tilted toward a capped
drain cock, shall be provided; the water inlet pipe shall be of removable
flexible copper or other tubing approved by the Board of Health with
a nozzle for a hose connection capped when not being used. A hose
for connection to a potable water supply shall be provided and shall
be equipped with an approved vacuum breaker and check valve.
B.
A seamless three-compartment sink, which shall have
a swivel faucet, supplied with running hot and cold water, shall be
provided and it shall be large enough to accommodate the largest piece
of equipment to be cleansed therein.
C.
A hand-wash sink, seamless, with running hot and cold
water, soap and single-service individual towels or mechanical hand
dryer, shall be provided.
D.
A suitable waste tank, with an adequate method of
gauging the contents and having a capacity at least equal to the capacity
of the water supply tank, shall be provided and shall be tilted toward
a drain cock. It shall be emptied and flushed into a sanitary sewer
or septic system as often as necessary in a sanitary manner in order
to maintain sanitary conditions.
E.
A mechanical refrigerated box that shall maintain
a temperature of 45º F. or below and that shall be equipped with
an indicating thermometer shall be provided for various ingredients
carried, with metal racks or platforms provided to store ingredients.
F.
Floors shall be of metal or similar approved material
and properly sloped to provide proper drainage. Junctures of floor,
wall and adjoining fixtures shall be watertight and covered.
G.
A refuse container with cover must be available for
deposit of papers and other solid wastes by customers and operators
and must be so constructed, designed and placed so that it can be
readily used, cleaned and kept clean, and located where it will not
create a nuisance.
H.
Mobile units operating after dark shall be well lighted
with at least 30 footcandles of light intensity on all working surfaces.
I.
Notice shall be posted in the service area of the
mobile unit with instructions as to proper handling of food materials
and containers, proper cleansing of equipment, utensils and appurtenances
and proper waste disposal.
J.
Persons handling food shall be clothed in clean, washable
uniforms, preferably white ones.
K.
Serving windows shall be glassed or screened and shall
be kept closed at all times except when being used to serve customers.
L.
A hose and hose connection equipped with a vacuum
breaker shall be provided for supplying water to the mobile unit as
well as a method of handling the hose for draining to prevent contamination.
M.
Suitable covered storage facilities or containers
shall be provided for all refuse and waste which must be removed daily.
N.
Every mobile unit shall be constructed of such acceptable
material as to enable it to be readily cleaned, and equipment shall
be installed in such a manner that the unit can be kept clean and
food will not become contaminated. The unit or equipment shall be
provided with a close-fitting cover where required.
O.
The water supply shall be adequate, of a safe sanitary
quality and derived from an approved source. Cold water and hot water,
of a temperature not less than 140º F. under pressure, shall
be provided in all processing and washing areas.
P.
All residues shall be removed from equipment after
use each day, and product contact surfaces shall be sanitized just
prior to use each day. Interior surfaces contacted by foods shall
be completely disassembled daily for cleaning; provided, however,
that installations and methods used for cleaning equipment without
disassembling same may be utilized by approval of the Board of Health
of Lacey Township.
Q.
After cleaning and sanitizing, all product contact
surfaces of equipment and all utensils shall be so stored and handled
as to be protected from contamination.
A.
Mobile food units shall be subject to inspection as
often as it may be deemed necessary by the Board of Health and at
such locations as the Board may direct.
B.
Commissaries which supply mobile food units shall
be subject to inspection. Whenever such commissary shall be located
outside the jurisdiction of the Board, inspection by the authority
of the jurisdiction responsible for the enforcement of laws relating
to public health and food preparation and processing may be accepted.
A.
The Board of Health having reason to suspect that
any mobile food unit is or may be the source of food-borne infection
shall advise the owner, operator or employees thereof and order appropriate
action be taken which will eliminate the source of infection.
B.
In the event such action is not taken immediately,
the Board may cause an order to be issued requiring the mobile unit
to be closed or banned from operation in the Township of Lacey in
order to protect the public health. The order will give the alleged
violator an opportunity to be heard before the Board of Health within
a reasonable time, not to exceed 15 days, while the order remains
in effect.
C.
If the Board of Health suspects that an employee of
any mobile food unit is ill or infected with a disease or may be a
carrier of a disease which may be transmitted through food, it may
order him or her to leave the unit and refrain from returning to work
in or about such unit and it may order the employer to prohibit such
employee from returning to work until permission is granted to return
by the Board of Health which permission to return shall be granted
upon satisfactory proof to the Board of Health that the employee's
condition does not constitute a health hazard.
A.
Any person or persons violating any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding
the sum of $500.
B.
Each and every section violated and each and every
day a violation exists shall be considered separate violations, each
subject to penalty as provided herein.
