As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
FOOD
Any substance used or intended to be used as food or drink
for human consumption.
FOOD HANDLER'S CERTIFICATE
A certificate issued by the Board of Health of the Township
of Hillside or any other program approved by the Board of Health of
the Township of Hillside.
RESTAURANT
Any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee shop; cafeteria; short-order
cafe; luncheonette; grill; tearoom; sandwich shop; soda fountain;
tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; nightclub; roadside stand; industrial
feeding establishment; private, public or nonprofit organization or
institution serving food; or similar place in which food or drink
is prepared and intended for retail sale and for service on the premises,
with or without charge, but shall not include a temporary retail food
establishment.
RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee shop; cafeteria; short-order
cafe; luncheonette; grill; tearoom; sandwich shop; soda fountain;
tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; nightclub; roadside stand; industrial
feeding establishment; private, public or nonprofit organization or
institution serving food; catering kitchen; commissary; box lunch
establishment; retail bakery; meat market; delicatessen; grocery store;
public food market or similar place in which food or drink is prepared
for retail sale or for service on the premises or elsewhere; and any
other retail eating or drinking establishment or operation where food
is served, handled or provided for the public, with or without charge.
SUPERVISOR
Any person charged with the responsibility of overseeing
the operations related to the preparing, processing and sale of food
or drink intended for human consumption, including responsibility
for the supervision of employees engaged in such operations, be it
for on- or off-premises consumption.
TEMPORARY RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Any retail food establishment where food is served, handled
or provided for the public, with or without charge, which operates
at a fixed location for a temporary period of time in connection with
a fair, carnival, circus, public exhibition or similar transitory
gathering or a fundraising event for charitable or benevolent purposes,
including church suppers, picnics or similar organizational meetings,
mobile retail food establishments, as well as agricultural markets.
The proprietor or, in the case of a public or nonprofit restaurant,
the manager or administrator of every restaurant shall ensure that
choke-prevention posters are prominently displayed in food preparation
and service areas of the restaurant.
It shall be unlawful for any person or any body
corporate to conduct a retail food establishment as defined and governed
by the Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965) established
by ordinance of the Hillside Board of Health, dated April 22, 1976,
without first having procured a license from the Hillside Board of
Health so to do or without complying with any or all of the provisions
concerning operation and maintenance of the same as contained in the
aforementioned Retail Food Establishment Code of New Jersey (1965).
[Amended 5-15-2001]
All licenses issued under authority of this
article shall expire the 30th day of June of each year.
[Amended 7-5-1989]
Records of inspections of food establishments
maintained by the health authority shall be made available to the
public, upon request.
[Amended 7-5-1989]
Whenever an inspection of a retail food establishment
is made, the findings shall be recorded on an inspection report form
approved by the State Department of Health. The inspection report
form shall identify in a narrative form the violations of this Article
and shall be cross-referenced to the section of this Article being
violated.
Every retail food establishment shall have a
designated Supervisor.
No retail food establishment shall operate for
longer than a ninety-day consecutive period without the supervisor(s)
employed in that establishment applying for a food handler's certificate.
No retail food establishment shall operate for
longer than a six-month consecutive period without the supervisor(s)
employed in that establishment completing a course of general instruction
in bacteria characteristics and growth, spread of foodborne diseases,
methods of preventing food poisoning, proper food-handling techniques,
equipment and establishment sanitation, dishwashing and sanitization
and insect and rodent control and obtaining a food handler's certificate.
A food handler's certificate may be granted
to a Supervisor taking a comparable course of instruction in another
municipality, provided that such course is approved by the Board of
Health of the Township of Hillside.
No person to whom a food handler's certification
is issued or granted shall give, loan, transfer or permit the same
to be used by any other person for any purpose whatsoever.
[Amended 10-21-2003]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this Article shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less
than five dollars ($5.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.)
for each offense.