[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Ridgefield 6-13-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-05-09. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Board of Health — See Ch. 44.
The food handler's card required by this chapter
shall not be issued or granted to any person unless and until that
person shall have first completed a course of instruction and passed
a written examination in food protection, sanitation, personal hygiene,
bacteria and food poisoning, dishwashing procedures and other related
food handler requirements. The course of instruction shall be under
the supervision and direction of the Ridgefield Health Department
and shall be given monthly, except that it may be rescheduled at the
direction of the Health Officer or his designee because of poor attendance
by the participants.
A.
No person shall engage in or be employed in the business
of preparing, handling or processing food intended for human consumption
for a period in excess of 60 days without making written application
to the Health Department for the food handlers card and also fully
complying with all the requirements as prescribed in this section
of the Code. This includes managers, owners and other personnel who
supervise the persons who prepare, handle or process food.
B.
It shall be the responsibility of the employer to
see that his employees obtain valid food handlers cards.
C.
Food handler card requirements shall not apply to
persons who only sell prepackaged, non-potentially-hazardous, commercially
prepared food and retail sale.
A food handler's card is not transferable. No
person to whom a food handler's card is issued or granted shall give,
loan, transfer or permit the same to be used by any other person for
any purpose whatsoever.
[Amended 4-8-2009 by Ord.
No. 1-2009]
A.
The fee for the food handler's card is hereby fixed
at $45 for employees of food establishments and $40 per person for
two or more employees of the same establishment.
B.
The fee is hereby fixed at $50 for employees of food
establishments outside the Borough.
C.
The fee for the issuance of a duplicate food handler's
card shall be $15 per card.
D.
Upon the expiration of the food handler's card two
years from the date of issuance, that person shall be required to
take another course of instruction and examination.
A.
A food handler's card may be suspended or revoked
for good cause shown and on five days' written notice to any person
holding a food handler's card issued or granted pursuant to this chapter.
Good cause shall include:
B.
At the written request of the holder of a food handler's
card, the Board of Health shall hold hearing to determine whether
good cause exists for the revocation of such card.
All employers shall at all times keep and maintain
accurate records of the name and address of each employee, date of
employment, date of issuance of said food handler's card and the number
thereof, which records shall be available at all times for inspection
by the Board or any of its authorized agents or representatives.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter of the Code shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a penalty
of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a maximum
term of 90 days, or both, for each offense. Complaints shall be made
in the Municipal Court in the Borough of Ridgefield, or such other
court as shall be of competent jurisdiction.
