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.