Due to the nature, location and variety of conditions
surrounding the operation of community residences and bed-and-breakfast
establishments, it is frequently not possible to provide certain physical
facilities required of other retail food establishments. In order
to assure adequate protection of food served by community residences
and bed-and-breakfast establishments which are unable to fully meet
the requirements of this chapter, it may be necessary to restrict
the types of food or the methods by which such food is served, to
modify some requirements for procedures and facilities, and to impose
additional requirements.
When, in the opinion of the Department or health
authority, no imminent hazard to the public health will result, community
residences and bed-and-breakfast establishments which do not fully
meet the requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:24 may be permitted to operate
when food preparation and service are restricted and alternatives
to full compliance are provided for by the additional or modified
requirements, as set forth in this chapter. Bed-and-breakfast establishments
serving only commercially prepared nonpotentially hazardous foods
are excluded from the requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:24. In addition,
other private residences regulated under N.J.S.A. 55:13B-1 et seq.,
the Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979, such as licensed or regulated
foster homes, skill development homes, family-care homes, respite
care homes, and facilities licensed under N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.,
Community Residences for the Developmentally Disabled and Mentally
Ill, and residences similar in purpose, are also excluded from the
requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:24. However, residential health care facilities
shall fully meet the requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:24.
Food storage containers of food shall be stored
above the floor and in such a manner as to be protected from contamination.