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NH Rev Stat § 143:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:22 - Certificate Required; Labeling; Records.

    143:22 Certificate Required;  Labeling;  Records. –||No person or facility shall process or pack shellfish either shucked or in the shell until a certificate has been granted by the department of health and human services. A certificate shall be issued to any facility which has complied with the rules of the commissioner of the department of health and human services relative thereto. All certificates issued under this section shall expire on March 31 next following the date of issuance. All containers of shellfish shall bear identification in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner of the department of health and human services. An accurate daily record shall be kept by all certified facilities listing the name and location of the dealer, the date and time of the activity that the record reflects, the signature or initials of the person performing the operation, and the identity of the product and the production code. Processing and other information shall be entered on records at the time that it is observed. All records shall be retained at the facility for at least one year after the date the records were prepared in the case of refrigerated products and for at least 2 years after the date the records were prepared in the case of frozen products. Records that relate to the general adequacy of equipment or processes being used by a processor, including the results of scientific studies and evaluations shall be retained at the facility for at least 2 years after their applicability to the product being produced at the facility. All records shall be open to inspection by agents of the department at any time.|||Source. 1951, 25:3, par. 28. RSA 143:22. 1983, 291:1, I. 1985, 190:76. 1995, 310:175, 181, 182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2015, 103:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:22-a - Shellfish Certificate Fees.

    143:22-a Shellfish Certificate Fees. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall prescribe and collect fees for certificates for establishments which process or pack shellfish. Such fees shall be in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 541-A. All fees collected under this subdivision shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited in the public health services special fund established in RSA 143:11. The department of health and human services shall use such funds to pay expenses of the department incident to the administration of this subdivision.|||Source. 1995, 308:22, eff. July 3, 1995; 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2021, 122:37, eff. July 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:23 - Revocation of Certificate.

    143:23 Revocation of Certificate. –||In case any shellfish establishment shall be deemed by the commissioner of the department of health and human services to be conducted in an unsanitary manner, or there shall be any practice deemed in violation of any law, or of any legally adopted regulation of the commissioner, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to notify the establishment concerned, and in case the required changes in conditions, methods or branding are not effected within the time specified, to close such establishment, or to suspend, revoke or cancel the certificate as the commissioner may deem expedient.|||Source. 1951, 25:3, par. 29. RSA 143:23. 1995, 310:182, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:24 - Procedure.

    143:24 Procedure. –||Before revoking or canceling any shellfish certificate, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall give written notice stating that he contemplates such action, giving his reasons therefor. Said notice shall appoint a time of hearing and shall be sent by registered mail. On the day of hearing the party concerned may present such evidence as he deems fit.|||Source. 1951, 25:3, par. 30. RSA 143:24. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:25 - Effect of Revocation.

    143:25 Effect of Revocation. –||Any person, firm or corporation whose certificate has been suspended or revoked, or for whom a renewal has been denied, shall discontinue the processing and sale of shellfish. The sale or processing of shellfish from a non-certified establishment shall constitute a violation of this subdivision.|||Source. 1951, 25:3, par. 31, eff. Mar. 15, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:26 - Regulations.

    143:26 Regulations. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services and the commissioner of the department of environmental services are empowered to make all necessary regulations for the proper enforcement of the respective duties of each agency under this subdivision.|||Source. 1951, 25:3, par. 32. RSA 143:26. 1995, 310:182. 1999, 112:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:27 - Penalty.

    143:27 Penalty. –||Whoever violates any provision of this subdivision, or regulations made under authority of the preceding RSA 143:26, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1951, 25:3, par. 33. RSA 143:27. 1973, 528:52, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:28 - Forfeitures.

    143:28 Forfeitures. –||Any shellfish sold in violation of this subdivision may be forfeited.|||Source. 1951, 25:3, par. 34, eff. Mar. 15, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 143:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143 - Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food|Section 143:29 - Repealed by 2017, 87:11, II, eff. July 1, 2017.

    143:29 Repealed by 2017, 87:11, II, eff. July 1, 2017. –|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:1 - Citation.

    143-A:1 Citation. –||This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Food Service Licensure Act."|||Source. 1986, 106:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:2 - Purpose.

    143-A:2 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that the health of the public is protected from the consumption of food contaminated by food service establishments or retail food stores during storage, preparation, service, or display, and to ensure that food service establishments and retail food stores have adequate facilities for the storage, preparation, service, or display of food.|||Source. 1986, 106:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:4 - License Required.

    143-A:4 License Required. –||I. It shall be unlawful for any person, unless exempted under RSA 143-A:5, to operate a food service establishment or retail food store within the state without having obtained a food service license to be issued by the commissioner. The commissioner shall not refuse to issue a food service license to any person who has complied with the requirements of this chapter.||II. The license shall at all times be conspicuously displayed in the food service establishment or retail food store and shall not be transferable.|||Source. 1986, 106:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:5 - Exemptions.

    143-A:5 Exemptions. –||The following establishments and events shall be exempt from departmental licensure and inspection under this chapter, except that the department may inspect when the department has reason to suspect an imminent health hazard as defined in RSA 143-A:3, IV-b:||I. Food service establishments and retail food stores licensed by city health officers under RSA 47:17.||II. Food service establishments and retail food stores licensed by town health officers under RSA 147:1.||III. Temporary food service establishments and occasional food service establishments and occasional food service events which are not under the jurisdiction of city or town health officers under RSA 147:1 and RSA 47:17.||IV. Recreation camps inspected and licensed under RSA 149.||V. Health care facilities inspected and licensed under RSA 151.||VI. Child care facilities inspected and licensed under RSA 170-E.||VII. Homestead food operations selling less than a maximum annual gross sales of $20,000 of food, excluding potentially hazardous food as defined in RSA 143-A:12, I(b), from the homestead residence, at the owner's farm stand, or at farmers' markets.||VIII. A farm owned or operated by a federally exempt poultry producer, as defined in RSA 143-A:14, I, and the direct sale of such poultry to the consumer from the producer's farm, at the producer's farm stand, and by the producer at a farmers market, or when sold to a licensed restaurant in accordance with RSA 143-A:14 through RSA 143-A:17.||IX. A farm owned or operated by any person, firm, or corporation that raises bison for human consumption, and the direct sale within this state of the carcasses, parts, meat, and meat food products of such animals, when slaughtered and processed in accordance with RSA 427:2-a, IV, to the consumer from such farm, at the producer's farm stand, and by the producer at farmers' markets, or when sold to a licensed restaurant in accordance with RSA 143-A:20.|||Source. 1986, 106:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987. 2005, 229:5, 6, eff. Sept. 9, 2005. 2012, 163:1, eff. June 7, 2012. 2014, 165:1, eff. Oct. 9, 2014; 171:2, eff. Sept. 9, 2014. 2016, 36:1, eff. July 2, 2016. 2017, 87:3, eff. July 1, 2017; 145:12, eff. Aug. 15, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:5-a - Soup Kitchens.

    143-A:5-a Soup Kitchens. –||The commissioner may exempt from licensure under this chapter soup kitchens operated for the poor.|||Source. 1990, 228:5. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:6 - Application; Issue; Fee.

    143-A:6 Application;  Issue;  Fee. –||I. Upon receipt of an application in writing from a new food service establishment or retail food store, or a food service establishment or retail food store which has changed ownership, or a food service establishment or retail food store which has had its previous license revoked, the commissioner may issue a provisional license, valid for up to 90 days, if the commissioner determines that the applicant's plan for operation and facilities are sufficient under rules adopted under RSA 143-A:9. Notwithstanding RSA 541-A, any individual denied a full license at the end of the 90-day period shall immediately shut down his or her establishment, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.||II. Within 45 days of issuance of a provisional license issued under this section or RSA 143-A:8, the commissioner may, if deemed necessary, conduct an inspection. If following such inspection the commissioner determines that the applicant's operation and facilities are sufficient under rules adopted under RSA 143-A:9, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a license valid for a time period of one year following the date of issuance of the provisional license. Notwithstanding RSA 541-A, any individual denied a full license at the end of the 90-day period shall immediately shut down his or her establishment, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.||III. Upon receipt of an application for renewal of a license from an existing food service establishment or retail food store, the commissioner may, if deemed necessary, conduct an inspection. If the commissioner determines that the applicant's operation and facilities are sufficient under rules adopted under RSA 143-A:9, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a new license valid for one year.||IV. Licenses and provisional licenses are not transferable.||V. The commissioner shall charge a fee for each license application processed and for each plan review conducted; provided that the commissioner shall charge only one fee for the provisional license and the license.||VI. From the amounts collected by the commissioner under paragraph V, up to $300,000 each fiscal year may be included in the state biennial operating budget as restricted revenue to support the activities required in this chapter. The state treasurer shall credit all moneys received under this paragraph, and interest received on such money, to the public health services special fund, established under RSA 143:11, from which the department shall pay expenses incident to the administration of this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 106:1. 1989, 408:14. 1990, 193:6. 1995, 308:23; 310:183. 1997, 256:2. 1999, 307:8, eff. Sept. 14, 1999. 2005, 229:3, eff. Sept. 9, 2005. 2012, 114:3, eff. July 1, 2012. 2017, 87:4, 5, eff. July 1, 2017; 156:223, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 122:38, eff. July 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:7 - Revocation of License.

    143-A:7 Revocation of License. –||I. If any food service establishment or retail food store licensed under this chapter repeatedly violates any legally adopted rule of the commissioner, or any provision of RSA 143 or RSA 143-A, or if the operation of the licensed establishment creates an imminent health hazard, the commissioner may revoke the license. Any revocation of a license shall be executed in compliance with RSA 541-A.||II. The notice of revocation shall:||(a) Be in writing;||(b) Enumerate the reason or reasons for revocation;||(c) Outline the corrective action necessary to correct the violations cited in the revocation; and||(d) Inform the owner or his or her agent of his or her rights and options for redress of grievances as enumerated in RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1986, 106:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2012, 114:4, eff. July 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:8 - Reinstatement.

    143-A:8 Reinstatement. –||Any person whose license has been revoked may at any time make a written request to the commissioner for a re-inspection. Re-inspection shall occur within 10 days of receipt of the request. If the commissioner or his or her authorized representative finds that the reasons for revocation have been corrected, a provisional license shall be granted immediately.|||Source. 1986, 106:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2012, 114:5, eff. July 1, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:9 - Rulemaking.

    143-A:9 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. The application procedure for any class of license issued under this chapter and the length of the licensing period.||I-a. The amount of the fee to be charged for any license application processed, for each plan review conducted, and for each inspection performed under this chapter.||II. Design and content of all forms required by this chapter.||III. Procedures for inspections and re-inspections of licensees.||IV. How a license is revoked and reinstated.||IV-a. What constitutes a soup kitchen and procedures for exempting certain soup kitchens from licensure in accordance with RSA 143-A:5-a.||IV-b. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 143-A:10-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.||IV-c. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 143-A:10-a.||V. Standards for licensing food service establishments and retail food stores, including, but not limited to sanitation, physical environment, health and safety, operational changes, and compliance with federal requirements.||VI. Variances for licensing requirements.||VII. Suspension of licenses.||VIII. Trade secrets, complaints, and the confidentiality thereof.||IX. Requirements for bed and breakfast facilities.||X. Requirements for food processing plants.|||Source. 1986, 106:1. 1989, 408:15. 1990, 228:6. 1991, 355:33. 1995, 308:24; 310:183. 1999, 307:9, eff. Sept. 14, 1999. 2012, 171:8, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:9-a - Failure to Pay Application Fee; Fee Disposition.

    143-A:9-a Failure to Pay Application Fee;  Fee Disposition. –||I. When a licensee fails to pay the applicable fee required by this chapter, the commissioner of the department of health and human services, after notice and hearing pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may suspend or revoke the license or may issue an appropriate order.||II. All fees collected under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited in the general fund.|||Source. 1995, 308:25, eff. July 3, 1995; 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:9-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:9-b - Repealed by 2021, 115:5, I, eff. Sept. 7, 2021.

    143-A:9-b Repealed by 2021, 115:5, I, eff. Sept. 7, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:10 - Penalty.

    143-A:10 Penalty. –||Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter or fails to comply with the lawful orders and requirements of the commissioner shall, upon conviction of a:||I. First offense, be guilty of a violation;||II. Second offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor; and||III. Third offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor, if a natural person, or be guilty of a felony, if any other person.|||Source. 1986, 106:1. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:10-a - Administrative Fines.

    143-A:10-a Administrative Fines. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.|||Source. 1991, 355:34. 1995, 310:182, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:11 - Injunctive Relief.

    143-A:11 Injunctive Relief. –||The operation of a food service establishment or a retail food store without a license issued under this chapter, or the continued operation of such establishment or store after a license has been revoked or has expired, is declared to be a danger to the public health. In addition to any other civil, criminal, or disciplinary remedy, the attorney general, the commissioner, the prosecuting attorney of any county or municipality where the food service establishment or retail food store is operating, or any citizen may, in accordance with the laws of this state, maintain an action to enjoin that establishment or store from operation until a valid license is issued. An injunction without bond is available to the commissioner for enforcement of this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 17:2. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 143-A:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 143-A - Food Service Licensure|Section 143-A:11-a - Certified Food Protection Manager.

    143-A:11-a Certified Food Protection Manager. –||I. (a) Each food service establishment licensed by the state under RSA 143-A:6 shall have a person in charge and present during all hours of operation trained as a certified food protection manager by a program approved by the Conference for Food Protection or other equivalent industry standards program.||(b) The requirement in subparagraph (a) shall not apply under these conditions:||(1) Food establishments having at least one certified food protection manager on staff shall not be required to have the certified food protection manager present when no food preparation is taking place;||(2) Food establishments having at least one certified food protection manager on staff shall not be required to have the certified food protection manager present when food preparation is limited to reheating commercially prepared food or ready to eat food; or||(3) Food establishments having 5 food employees or less on duty are required to have only one certified food protection manager on staff who is available, although not required to be present, during all hours of operation.||II. This section shall not apply to any food service establishment exempt from licensure or inspection under RSA 143-A:5.||III. This section shall not apply to food establishments licensed under RSA 143-A:6 as food processing plants, cold storage or refrigerating warehouses; retail stores with no food preparation or limited to self service foods, servicing areas, bed and breakfasts, lodging facilities serving continental breakfasts, home delivery services of packaged frozen food; pushcarts and other mobile food units, those serving packaged food and non-potentially hazardous unwrapped foods only; wholesalers/distributors; on-site vending machines, bars/lounges without a food preparation area; arena/theater concessions serving non-potentially hazardous; sellers of pre-packaged frozen meat or poultry that is processed in a USDA-inspected plant; homestead food operations.|||Source. 2021, 205:2, Pt. X, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 10, 2021.|