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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.24 - Cans, packages and other containers enclosing milk, milk products or fluid milk products; labelling

24:10-57.24. Cans, packages and other containers enclosing milk, milk products or fluid milk products; labelling
All cans, packages, and other containers enclosing milk, milk products or fluid milk products defined by or under authority of this act, shall be plainly labeled or marked with such identification marks as may be designated by the department.
The label, or marks shall be in letters of a size, kind, color and arrangement approved by the department.
L.1964, c. 62, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.24a - Use of or reference to fluid milk product or dairy farm by imitation product; prohibition

24:10-57.24a. Use of or reference to fluid milk product or dairy farm by imitation product; prohibition
Use of, or reference to the words "milk" or any fluid milk product or use of any statement, design, symbol, picture, device or combination thereof which relates to any fluid milk product, milk product or dairy farm, is prohibited for any product which is an imitation of any fluid milk product or milk product.
L.1972, c. 52, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.24b - Additional rules and regulations for milk products and their imitations

24:10-57.24b. Additional rules and regulations for milk products and their imitations
The State Department of Health in addition to its other regulatory powers shall promulgate such rules and regulations governing the production, handling, processing, distribution and sale of milk products and fluid milk products and their imitations, as may be necessary to preserve and promote public health. These regulations shall include the following subjects:
a. Definitions and standards of quality;
b. Sanitation;
c. Dating and labeling, except for that as prescribed by P.L.1964, c. 62, s. 23 (C. 24:10-57.23);
d. Holding temperatures for storage, distribution facilities and retail establishments.
In promulgating regulations under authority of this section, the department shall give consideration to applicable regulations or recommendations as may be made by Federal or national agencies.
L.1972, c. 52, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.26 - Failure of milk or milk products to meet minimum requirements

24:10-57.26. Failure of milk or milk products to meet minimum requirements
Any milk, milk product or fluid milk product which fails to meet the minimum requirements set forth in this act and the regulations promulgated thereunder shall not be sold, offered or exposed for sale, distributed or held in possession with intent to sell or distribute, provided, however, such milk, milk product or fluid milk product may be used in manufacturing food for human consumption if acceptable to the department and local boards of health having jurisdiction.
L.1964, c. 62, s. 26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.27 - Milk and milk products of violators barred from state

24:10-57.27. Milk and milk products of violators barred from state
The department may bar from this State milk, milk products, or fluid milk products owned or possessed by any person violating any of the provisions of this act, as well as the rules and regulations established by the department in relation thereto.
L.1964, c. 62, s. 27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.28 - Contamination of milk

24:10-57.28. Contamination of milk
No person having the possession or care of any milk which is intended for distribution or sale for human consumption shall permit it to be exposed to or contaminated by the emanations, discharges or exhalations from a person known to be infected with a contagious disease.
L.1964, c. 62, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.29 - Severability

24:10-57.29. Severability
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
L.1964, c. 62, s. 29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-57.30 - Repeals

24:10-57.30. Repeals
Sections 24:10-1 to 24:10-57 inclusive and 24:10-89 to 24:10-103 inclusive of the Revised Statutes, and chapter 195 of the laws of 1938 are repealed.
L.1964, c. 62, s. 30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.1 - Rules and regulations of department of health; establishment of standards of identity and definitions

24:10-73.1. Rules and regulations of department of health; establishment of standards of identity and definitions
The State Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as the "department" shall from time to time after inquiry and public hearing, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards of identity and definitions for frozen desserts and special frozen dietary foods and the mixes used in the manufacture thereof, together with rules and regulations governing the packaging and labeling and sanitation and other conditions relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution and sale of frozen desserts, as may be necessary for the protection of the public interest; provided, however, that the department shall require by such rule or regulations that all ingredients be listed on the label of frozen desserts and special frozen dietary foods distributed for sale in this State. The department is hereby authorized to adopt, insofar as applicable, the standards of identity and definitions from time to time promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States under the Federal Act defining and standardizing frozen desserts.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 1. Amended by L.1969, c. 88, s. 1; L.1974, c. 142, s. 1, eff. Nov. 11, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.1a - Compliance with rules and regulations; extensions of time

24:10-73.1a. Compliance with rules and regulations; extensions of time
The State Department of Health shall grant reasonable extensions of time for compliance with rules or regulations enacted pursuant to this amendatory act where undue hardship would result to any person because of such rules or regulations.
L.1974, c. 142, s. 2, eff. Nov. 11, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.2 - "Frozen desserts" ; definition

24:10-73.2. "Frozen desserts" ; definition
For the purpose of this act and for any rules, regulations, definitions, standards of identity or labeling requirements, promulgated pursuant thereto, the term "frozen desserts" shall be deemed to include: ice cream, frozen custard, French ice cream, French custard ice cream, sherbet, fruit sherbet, ice milk, ice, water ice, quiescently frozen confection, quiescently frozen dairy confection, whipped cream confection, bisque tortoni, artificially sweetened ice cream, or artificially sweetened ice milk, special frozen dietary foods, mellorine frozen desserts as all such products are commonly known together with any such mix used in frozen desserts and any products which are similar in appearance, odor or taste to such products or are prepared or frozen as such products are customarily prepared or frozen whether made with dairy or nondairy products.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 2, as amended L.1969, c. 88, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.5 - Definitions.

24:10-73.5 Definitions.
5. (a) "Frozen desserts plant" is hereby defined as any place, premises or establishment or any part thereof where frozen desserts are assembled, manufactured, processed, frozen or converted in form, for wholesale distribution or sale, and shall include rooms or premises wherein utensils are washed, sanitized or kept.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.337).
(c) "Mobile unit" is hereby defined as any vehicle on which frozen desserts are manufactured, prepared, processed or converted in form and which is used in selling and dispensing such products to the consuming public.
(d) "Depot" is hereby defined as a building from which mobile units operate and where they are sanitized.
(e) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.337).
(f) "Wholesale" means any place engaged in the production, preparation, processing, manufacture, packing, storage or handling of food for sale or distribution to a person other than the ultimate consumer.
L.1964,c.120,s.5; amended 1969, c.88, s.3; 1997, c.337, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.6 - Sale of adulterated frozen desserts prohibited

24:10-73.6. Sale of adulterated frozen desserts prohibited
No person by himself or by his agent, servant or employee shall sell, offer, or expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell frozen desserts (including coated frozen desserts, and the coating thereof) which is adulterated within the meaning of this act.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 6, as amended L.1969, c. 88, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.7 - When frozen desserts deemed adulterated

24:10-73.7. When frozen desserts deemed adulterated
Frozen desserts shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this act:
(a) Except as provided in this act or in definitions and standards of identity adopted and promulgated as rules and regulations pursuant to the authority granted in this act, if they contain any substance or compound that is deleterious to health.
(b) Deleted by amendment.
(c) Deleted by amendment.
(d) Deleted by amendment.
(e) Deleted by amendment.
(f) If it is offered for sale from any container, compartment or cabinet which contains any article other than frozen desserts.
(g) If it falls below the standards or any of them fixed for the particular product by the definitions and standards of identity adopted and promulgated as rules and regulations in accordance with the authority granted in this act, or is falsely labeled or labeled contrary to the provisions of this act or the provisions of such rules and regulations.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 7, as amended L.1969, c. 88, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.10 - License to sell, distribute frozen desserts.

24:10-73.10 License to sell, distribute frozen desserts.
10. Every person owning or operating a frozen dessert plant for the assembly, manufacturing, processing, freezing or converting in form of frozen desserts for wholesale sale or distribution or a mobile unit within this State shall, before July 1 in each year, apply to the department for a license to sell or distribute such products within this State and register with the department such information as may be required by the department to enable it to carry out its responsibilities under this act.
At the same time application for a license and registration is filed the applicant shall pay to the department an annual license fee. The fee schedule shall be adopted by regulation pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) and shall be reasonable for services performed in the licensing and inspection of a frozen dessert plant or mobile unit, except that the license fee shall not exceed $500.
L.1964,c.120,s.10; amended 1969, c.88, s.6; 1983, c.275, s.9; 1997, c.337, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.11 - Form of application; affidavit

24:10-73.11. Form of application; affidavit
The application for a license shall be made on forms to be supplied by the department. The application shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person or some member or officer of the association, partnership or corporation applying therefor, stating that the facts set forth therein are true and correct.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.12 - Issuance of license; expiration

24:10-73.12. Issuance of license; expiration
Upon approval of the application for a license and of the sanitary condition of the frozen dessert plant and upon payment of the required license fee, the department shall issue to each applicant a license or certificate of registration which shall expire June 30 of each year.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.13 - Revocation or suspension of license; renewal

24:10-73.13. Revocation or suspension of license; renewal
Upon evidence duly ascertained by the department or furnished to the department by any local board of health, that the licensee licensed under the provisions of this act is violating any of the rules, regulations or statutes as hereinbefore provided, the department shall upon hearing and proof of allegation, revoke the license of such licensee.
No such license shall be renewed or restored until the department is satisfied that all the provisions of this act are complied with.
The department, when in its judgment the protection of public health warrants, may, before hearing suspend such license pending the hearing, in which event it shall be unlawful for the licensee whose license is thus suspended to engage in the business for which the license was granted during such period of suspension.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.14 - Illegal sale and distribution of frozen dessert

24:10-73.14. Illegal sale and distribution of frozen dessert
(a) It shall be illegal for any person to sell or distribute any frozen dessert in this State unless such products have been manufactured in a frozen dessert plant, the owner or operator of which is licensed under the provisions of this act to sell or distribute such products in this State.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, or cause to allow to be used, any equipment, cabinet, can, or other container or refrigerating device, belonging to one frozen dessert manufacturer, for the purpose of preserving or holding any frozen dessert or any type of frozen foods, sold or furnished to him by any person not owning said equipment, or for any person knowingly to supply or place or deposit any frozen dessert of one frozen dessert manufacturer or distributor, in any equipment, cabinet, can, or other container, belonging to another frozen dessert manufacturer or distributor. It is unlawful for any person other than the owner to remove, erase, obliterate, cover or conceal, any manufacturer's or owner's name, insignia, device, or distinguishing mark, which may appear or be placed on any ice cream equipment, cabinet, can or other container.
(c) Deleted by amendment.
(d) Deleted by amendment.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 14, as amended L.1969, c. 88, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.15 - Use of license moneys for enforcement

24:10-73.15. Use of license moneys for enforcement
The department is charged with the enforcement of this act and shall, for the purpose of providing funds to defray the cost of enforcement of this act, use the money received for licenses as stated in section 10, of this act, for such enforcement.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.16 - Inspection; fee

24:10-73.16. Inspection; fee
The department shall be and hereby is, authorized to inspect for licensing purposes applicant plants located outside of the State of New Jersey and licensed frozen dessert plants located outside of the State of New Jersey in the same manner as it inspects plants within the State. In addition the department shall be and is hereby authorized to charge such plants located without the boundaries of this State an inspection fee not to exceed the following amounts:
(a) For each 8-hour period during which an inspector is traveling to, from or inspecting such plant located without the boundaries of this State: $25.00.
(b) Such expenses, including the expenses of lodging, meals and traveling as may be reasonable considering the distance traveled and the time required to make such inspection.
Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent the department from accepting the inspection conducted by the duly authorized agencies of another State where the department in its discretion finds inspection satisfies the requirements of this act upon certification from such other State.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.17 - Partial invalidity

24:10-73.17. Partial invalidity
If any section or sections of this act or any provision thereof shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative in whole or in part, such section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative be enforced and effectuated and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining provisions of the sections of this act.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10-73.18 - Repeals

24:10-73.18. Repeals
This act is a revision law and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby superseded and repealed and without limiting the general effect of this act in superseding and repealing acts inconsistent herewith the following parts of acts are specifically repealed:
Section 24:10-58 to section 24:10-73 of the Revised Statutes, both inclusive, and chapter 117 of the laws of 1957, chapter 55 of the laws of 1962 and chapter 109 of the laws of 1958.
L.1964, c. 120, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10A-1 - Straws, tubes and other devices for drinking

24:10A-1. Straws, tubes and other devices for drinking
It shall be unlawful to furnish or serve, in any restaurant or other public place, any straw, tube or other similar device for drinking out of glasses, cups or containers of any type unless the same is so wrapped or packed as to keep it in a clean and sanitary condition.
L.1946, c. 107, p. 332, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:10A-3 - Penalty

24:10A-3. Penalty
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first offense and fifty dollars ($50.00) for each subsequent offense, to be recovered in a civil action brought by and in the name of the State Department of Health or the local board of health of the municipality within which the violation occurred.
L.1946, c. 107, p. 332, s. 3. Amended by L.1953, c. 24, p. 459, s. 25, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-1 - License; expiration

24:11-1. License; expiration
No person shall operate or conduct an establishment where the business of breaking eggs is carried on, whether such eggs are broken for use as food or for other purposes, unless a license to conduct such business has first been issued by the State department to the owner, operator or manager of such establishment. No such license shall be issued for more than 1 year and all such licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year.
Amended by L.1966, c. 74, s. 13, eff. June 14, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-2 - Revocation of license

24:11-2. Revocation of license
The state department may revoke any such license if the establishment for which it is issued is not conducted in accordance with the requirements of law and the rules and regulations made by the department.
No establishment for the breaking of eggs shall continue to be operated after the revocation of such license by the department.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-3 - Eggs unfit for food

24:11-3. Eggs unfit for food
No egg shall be broken for use as food:
a. Which has decomposed to such an extent that it has a putrefactive odor and is, therefore, of that grade commonly known as "rots" ; or
b. Which is wholly or partially decomposed, mouldy, or sour, or which is partially hatched, contains blood rings or veins, or in which the yolk is broken, and is, therefore, of that grade commonly known as "spots" .
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-4 - Labeling "rots" and "spots"

24:11-4. Labeling "rots" and "spots"
No person shall possess any broken eggs of the grades commonly known as "rots" or "spots" unless the package or container in which any such eggs are held shall be plainly and legibly marked on at least two sides with the words "Rots and spots, unfit for food" , in solid black letters, at least one and one-half inches in height, and the several lines of which are at least one-fourth inch in width.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-5 - Denatured eggs; labeling

24:11-5. Denatured eggs; labeling
Eggs broken for manufacturing purposes shall be denatured at the time of breaking by the addition of some substances to the eggs which will make their use for food impossible, and such eggs shall be plainly and legibly labeled on the package or container with the words "For manufacturing purposes only" . All broken eggs not so denatured and labeled shall, for the purpose of this chapter, be held to be had in possession with intent to sell or use as food.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-7 - Distribution, sale, etc., of eggs removed from incubators

24:11-7. Distribution, sale, etc., of eggs removed from incubators
No person or persons, firm, partnership or corporation shall knowingly distribute, sell, receive, accept, import or export any eggs for human consumption which have been removed from incubators used for hatching purposes, unless such eggs have been broken, crushed or smashed and then denatured with kerosene, creolin or other substance approved of by the State Department of Health, before leaving the premises on which the incubator or incubators from which the eggs were removed are located; provided, that nothing contained in this act shall prohibit the distributing, selling, receiving, accepting or exporting of eggs which have been removed from any incubator or incubators, when such eggs are to be used for biological, scientific, chemical or experimental purposes, other than for human food purposes; and provided, further, that the containers of the eggs mentioned in the first proviso herein shall be labelled for the purpose for which they are to be used, and placed thereon shall be the names and addresses of the buyers and shippers thereof.
L.1939, c. 116, p. 423, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-8 - Penalty for violation

24:11-8. Penalty for violation
Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense, one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the second and each subsequent offense.
L.1939, c. 116, p. 424, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11-9 - Enforcement of act

24:11-9. Enforcement of act
This act shall be enforced by the same boards or agencies and in the same manner as the subtitle to which this act is a supplement, and all penalties incurred under this act shall be sued for and recovered by the same boards or agencies and in the same manner as penalties incurred under provisions of the subtitle to which this act is a supplement.
L.1939, c. 116, p. 424, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-2 - Declaration of purpose

24:11A-2. Declaration of purpose
The purpose of this act is to promote public health and nutrition and to promote fair dealing in the interest of consumers of flour and bread through standardization of certain vitamin and mineral contents; and to provide for general health and dietary improvement through vitamin and mineral enrichment of bread and flour as staple food products consumed in high proportion by the mass of the people.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 296, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-3 - Definitions

24:11A-3. Definitions
As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. "Flour" includes and shall be limited to the foods commonly known in the milling and baking industries as (1) white flour, also known as wheat flour or plain flour; (2) bromated flour; (3) self-rising flour, also known as self-rising white flour or self-rising wheat flour, and (4) phosphated flour, also known as phosphated white flour or phosphated wheat flour, but excludes whole wheat flour and also excludes special flours not used for bread, roll, bun, or biscuit baking, such as specialty cake, pancake and pastry flours.
b. "White bread" means any bread made with flour, whether baked in a pan or on a hearth or screen, which is commonly known or usually represented and sold as white bread, including Vienna bread, French bread and Italian bread.
c. "Rolls" means plain white rolls and buns of the semibread dough type, namely: soft rolls, such as hamburger rolls; hot dog rolls; Parker House rolls; and hard rolls, such as Vienna rolls; Kaiser rolls; but shall not include yeast-raised sweet rolls or sweet buns made with fillings or coatings, such as cinnamon rolls or buns and butterfly rolls.
d. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, or any group of persons, whether incorporated or not, engaged in the commercial manufacture, mixing, compounding, or sale of flour, or in the commercial manufacture, baking, sale, or serving of white bread or rolls, with or without other foods, and any institution supported wholly or partly by public funds or tax exemption.
e. "Department" means the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey or any agency which may succeed to its functions, powers and duties.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 296, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-4 - Flour; vitamin and mineral content; minimum standards

24:11A-4. Flour; vitamin and mineral content; minimum standards
Until the department shall establish other standards as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, expose or offer for sale for human consumption in this State, any flour which does not contain vitamins and minerals in each pound thereof as follows: not less than 2.0 milligrams and not more than 2.5 milligrams of thiamine; not less than 1.2 milligrams and not more than 1.5 milligrams of riboflavin; not less than 16.0 milligrams and not more than 20.0 milligrams of niacin or niacin amide; not less than 13.0 milligrams and not more than 16.5 milligrams of iron; except in the case of self-rising flour which, in addition to the above ingredients, shall contain not less than 500 milligrams and not more than 1500 milligrams of calcium; provided, however, that the requirements of this section shall not apply to flour sold to distributors, bakers, or other processors, if the purchaser furnishes to the seller a certificate in such form as the department shall by regulation prescribe, certifying that such flour shall be (1) resold to a distributor, baker or other processor, or (2) used in the manufacture, mixing or compounding of flour, white bread or rolls enriched to meet the requirements of this act, or (3) used in the manufacture of products other than flour, white bread or rolls. It shall be unlawful for any such purchaser so furnishing any such certificate to use or resell the flour so purchased in any manner other than as described in such certificate.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 297, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-5 - Bread and rolls; vitamin and mineral content; minimum standards

24:11A-5. Bread and rolls; vitamin and mineral content; minimum standards
Until the department shall establish other standards, as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, bake, sell, serve, expose or offer for sale, for human consumption in this State, any white bread or rolls which does not contain vitamins and minerals in each pound of such bread or rolls as follows: not less than 1.1 milligrams and not more than 1.8 milligrams of thiamine; not less than 0.7 milligrams and not more than 1.6 milligrams of riboflavin; not less than 10.0 milligrams and not more than 15.0 milligrams of niacin; not less than 8.0 milligrams and not more than 12.5 milligrams of iron.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 298, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-6 - Enrichment; ingredients

24:11A-6. Enrichment; ingredients
Flour, white bread and rolls which would not otherwise meet the requirements of this act, may be enriched to meet the vitamin and mineral standards hereof by the addition, in the case of flour, of vitamins and harmless and assimilable iron salts; and, in the case of white bread and rolls, by addition to the flour or the dough mix of vitamins and harmless and assimilable iron salts, or by the use of enriched flour, enriched yeast or other enriching ingredients, or by any combination of harmless methods which will produce white bread or rolls in conformity with the requirements of this act. The enrichment ingredients shall be uniformly distributed throughout the flour, white bread or rolls.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 298, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-7 - Modification of vitamin and mineral requirements; interstate commerce; authority of department

24:11A-7. Modification of vitamin and mineral requirements; interstate commerce; authority of department
Whenever any of the vitamin and mineral requirements set forth in this act do not conform with legally established flour or bread enrichment standards governing interstate commerce, the department may modify or revise such requirements to conform with standards for flour and bread enrichment governing interstate commerce; provided, however, that the department shall so far as possible maintain uniformity between intrastate and interstate vitamin and mineral requirements for the foods within the provisions of this act. Any such modification or revision shall be adopted only after a public hearing, shall be issued and promulgated in the same form and manner as State sanitary regulations, shall be certified to the Secretary of State by the department, and shall be published at the end of the first volume of the session laws of the Legislature published after the adoption of the resolution. Such modified or revised standards shall have the force and effect of law and shall take effect as provided in the department's rule or regulation, but not less than thirty days after it has been certified to the Secretary of State.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 299, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-8 - Shortage of vitamins and minerals; temporary suspension of minimum standards; authority of department

24:11A-8. Shortage of vitamins and minerals; temporary suspension of minimum standards; authority of department
Whenever the department shall find that there is an existing or imminent shortage of any of the vitamins or minerals required by or pursuant to this act, and that because of such shortage the sale and distribution of flour or white bread or rolls may be impeded by the enforcement of this act, the department shall issue an order, to be effective immediately upon issuance, temporarily suspending all or part of the vitamin or mineral standards established by or pursuant to this act; provided, however, that the department shall so far as possible consistent with the best interest of the public health, conform such temporary suspension order with appropriate Federal standards governing interstate shipments of the same products. The department shall make such finding of existing or imminent shortage of vitamins or minerals either (1) after public hearing, or (2) upon the issuance of an order or the supplying of factual information by the Federal agency or officer administering the Federal vitamin and mineral standards governing interstate shipments of flour, white bread and rolls. In no event shall any such order remain effective for a longer period than one year unless extended for a like period after public hearing.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 299, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-9 - Enforcement of act; investigations and inspections

24:11A-9. Enforcement of act; investigations and inspections
The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act. The department and any authorized agent, officer or employee thereof, is authorized to take samples for analysis and to conduct examinations and investigations and shall have full access to any place, container or conveyance used in the production, preparation and manufacture, packing, storage, transportation, handling, distribution or sale of any flour, white bread or rolls, and may examine and open any package or container which is believed to contain any flour, bread or rolls manufactured, sold, exposed for sale, or had in possession with intent to distribute, sell or serve, in violation of any provision of this act, or of any rule or regulation issued hereunder, and inspect the contents thereof and take therefrom samples for examination or analysis.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 300, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-10 - Violations; penalties; recovery; disposition

24:11A-10. Violations; penalties; recovery; disposition
Any violation of this act or of any rule or regulation of the department lawfully issued hereunder shall be punishable by a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). All such penalties shall be sued for and recovered in a civil action by and in the name of the department or by and in the name of the local board of health of the municipality in which the violation occurred.
Any penalty recovered in any such action shall be paid to the plaintiff therein. When the plaintiff is the department, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the department into the State treasury. When the plaintiff is a local board of health, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the local board into the treasury of the municipality within which the local board has jurisdiction.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 300, s. 10. Amended by L.1953, c. 24, p. 459, s. 26, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-11 - Separate violations

24:11A-11. Separate violations
The production, manufacture, distribution, sale, offering or exposing for sale or serving, or the possession with intent to distribute, sell or serve, of flour, white bread or rolls in different places on the same day, or in the same place on different days, in violation of any provision of this act, shall each be deemed to be a separate violation.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 301, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-12 - Actions to restrain violations

24:11A-12. Actions to restrain violations
The department, either before or after the institution of an action for the recovery of a penalty imposed by this act for violation of any provision thereof, may institute an action in the Superior Court in the name of the State at the relation of the department, to restrain such violation and for such other relief as the court shall deem proper. Neither the action for the restraint and other relief, nor any of the proceedings therein, shall relieve any party thereto from any penalty prescribed by this act for such violation.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 301, s. 12. Amended by L.1953, c. 24, p. 460, s. 27, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:11A-13 - Repeal of conflicting acts; saving clause

24:11A-13. Repeal of conflicting acts; saving clause
All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as they may be in conflict with this act. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
L.1946, c. 86, p. 301, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-1 - "Nonalcoholic drink" defined

24:12-1. "Nonalcoholic drink" defined
As used in this chapter, "nonalcoholic drink" includes carbonated beverages of all flavors, sarsaparilla, ginger ale, soda water of all flavors, lemonade, orangeade, root beer, grape juice, and all other beverages of any kind or character, whether similar or not to any beverage specifically mentioned above, either containing no alcohol at all or containing not more than 1% of alcohol, and shall include beverages purported to be for special dietary uses except where hereinafter in this chapter specifically excepted.
Amended by L.1966, c. 74, s. 14, eff. June 14, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-2 - Prohibited adulterations; drinks containing water treated with fluorides

24:12-2. Prohibited adulterations; drinks containing water treated with fluorides
No person shall distribute or sell, or manufacture for distribution or sale, or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell, any nonalcoholic drink, except beverages purported to be for special dietary uses, which contains glucin, saccharin, sodium cyclamate, calcium cyclamate or other nonnutritive sweeteners.
The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the manufacture of, or the sale, distribution or possession of, nonalcoholic drinks which contain water obtained from a public water supply, treated with fluorides in a manner approved by the State Department of Health.
Amended by L.1954, c. 252, p. 919, s. 1; L.1957, c. 37, p. 68, s. 1; L.1966, c. 74, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-5 - Licensing of wholesale bottlers

24:12-5. Licensing of wholesale bottlers
No person engaged in the business of bottling water for drinking purposes, or of bottling any nonalcoholic drink within this State for sale at wholesale, shall sell or deliver any such water or nonalcoholic drink without first obtaining a license from the State department authorizing him to engage in the business of bottling water for drinking purposes or of bottling any nonalcoholic drink. A fee of $50.00 shall be charged for any license so issued, except that this fee shall not be charged to a person who pays a fee pursuant to section 6 of P.L. 1987, c. 227 (C. 24:12-13).
Amended by L. 1971, c. 156, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1971; L. 1983, c. 275, s. 10, eff. July 18, 1983; L. 1985, c. 443, s. 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1986; L. 1987, c. 227, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-6 - Issuance of license; period of

24:12-6. Issuance of license; period of
The state department may issue licenses to persons engaged in the business of bottling water for drinking purposes or of bottling any nonalcoholic drink within this state, but no such license shall be issued until the rules and regulations of the state department have been complied with.
No such license shall be issued for more than one year and all such licenses shall expire June thirtieth of each year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-7 - Revocation or suspension of license

24:12-7. Revocation or suspension of license
The State department, after a hearing upon notice, may revoke the license issued to any person to bottle water or any nonalcoholic drink if any laws or rules and regulations of the department have been violated.
The license issued to any person to bottle water or any nonalcoholic drink may be suspended at any time when such action is necessary to abate a present or threatened menace to public health. A person whose license has been so suspended shall be afforded a hearing within 7 days after the suspension, or thereafter at such person's option, to show cause why the suspension should be lifted.
Amended by L.1966, c. 74, s. 16, eff. June 14, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-8 - Definitions

24:12-8. Definitions
As used in this act:
"Bottled water" means all noncarbonated water which is sealed in bottles, packages or other containers and offered for sale for human consumption, including bottled mineral or spring water.
"Local health authority" means the local board of health of any municipality or the board, body or officers in a municipality lawfully exercising any of the powers of the local board of health under the laws governing the municipality, and includes any consolidated board of health or county board of health created and established pursuant to law.
"Plant" means a building or facility, or parts thereof, used for or in conjunction with the manufacturing and bottling of bottled water.
"Product water" means processed water used by a plant for bottled drinking water.
"Source water" means water from a spring, artesian well, drilled well, public water system, public community water system or any other source which is used for or in connection with bottled water.
L. 1987, c. 227, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-9 - State regulations, standards for bottled water.

24:12-9 State regulations, standards for bottled water.
2. a. Bottled water which is manufactured, distributed or sold within this State, in addition to complying with the standards governing the manufacturing, storage and distribution of bottled water promulgated by the Department of Health and Senior Services pursuant to R.S. 24:2-1, shall comply with the regulations concerning drinking water quality standards adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.).
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2005, c.325.)
L.1987,c.227,s.2; amended 2005,c.325,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-10 - Periodic testing

24:12-10. Periodic testing
The owner or operator of each plant shall undertake periodic testing of the bottled water to determine the presence of hazardous contaminants as identified pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 1983, c. 443 (C. 58:12A-13). The tests for hazardous contaminants shall be conducted in accordance with sampling and testing methods and techniques established by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the testing to be conducted by a laboratory certified for this purpose by the commissioner. The initial tests for substances identified in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L. 1983, c. 443 (C. 58:12A-13) shall be conducted not later than one year after the effective date of this act and subsequent tests shall be conducted semiannually thereafter, unless the Commissioner of Health shall determine, on a case-by-case basis, that a greater or lesser frequency of testing is necessary or sufficient to ensure the public health and safety.
The initial tests for substances for which maximum contaminant levels have been established pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L. 1983, c. 443 (C. 58:12A-13) shall be conducted not later than one year after the effective date of this act and subsequent tests shall be conducted annually thereafter, unless the Commissioner of Health shall determine, on a case-by-case basis, that greater or lesser frequency of testing is necessary or sufficient to ensure the public health and safety.
L. 1987, c. 227, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-11 - Potability test results to Department of Health; annual report to legislative committees

24:12-11. Potability test results to Department of Health; annual report to legislative committees
4. Any plant owner or operator shall forward to the Department of Health a copy of all results of tests required to be conducted pursuant to this act. The certified laboratory conducting the potability tests may, upon written approval by the department, submit the test results on behalf of the plant owner or operator. The department is authorized to conduct or cause to be conducted spot checks to assure compliance with this act and the accuracy and integrity of the reported results. The department shall submit to the Senate Environment Committee, or its successor, and to the Assembly Environment and Energy Committee, or its successor, an annual report summarizing the test results submitted to the department and the spot checks conducted by the department during the preceding year, together with any recommendations for administrative or legislative action. This report shall be made available to any interested person at a cost not to exceed the cost of reproduction and distribution.
L.1987,c.227,s.4; amended 1994,c.79.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-12 - Procedures, rules, regulations

24:12-12. Procedures, rules, regulations
The Commissioner of Health shall within six months of the effective date of this act and in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt and implement adequate procedures and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. The rules and regulations shall include but need not be limited to provisions concerning: (1) monitoring, sampling and inspection procedures for source and product and bottled water; (2) the maintenance and retention of records of information from monitoring and sampling activities; (3) the submission to the Department of Health of monitoring and sampling reports; and (4) the provision of other information as the Commissioner of Health may require to determine compliance or noncompliance with this act or with the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or to otherwise implement the provisions of this act.
L. 1987, c. 227, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:12-13 - Powers of commissioner

24:12-13. Powers of commissioner
The Commissioner of Health is authorized to:
a. Enter into agreements, contracts, or cooperative arrangements, under such terms and conditions as the commissioner deems appropriate, with the Department of Environmental Protection and other State agencies, federal agencies, municipalities, counties, educational institutions, local health authorities, or other organizations or individuals; and
b. Establish and collect fees, in accordance with a fee schedule adopted as a rule or regulation, for conducting inspections and laboratory analyses and certifications as may be necessary, and to delegate the authority to collect fees pursuant to this subsection to the appropriate local health authority consistent with a delegation of any authority to administer the provisions of this act.
L. 1987, c. 227, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 24 - Food and Drugs › Section 24:14A-1 - Use on toys, furniture or accessible surfaces of dwelling; prohibition

24:14A-1. Use on toys, furniture or accessible surfaces of dwelling; prohibition
No person shall apply lead paint to toys, furniture or the exposed interior surfaces of any dwelling as defined in this act, or to any exterior surface that is readily accessible to children.
L.1971, c. 366, s. 1. Amended by L.1976, c. 116, s. 1, eff. Nov. 16, 1976.