New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 45A - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Subchapter 21 - REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE SALE OF FOOD REPRESENTED AS KOSHER › Section 13:45A-21.7 - Unlawful practices

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In addition to a violation of any other laws, the following shall constitute an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud Act, 56:8-1 et seq.:
1. Failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of 13:45A-21.2;
2. Failure to comply with the filing requirements of 13:45A-21.5;
3. Failure to conform sales practices with the posted disclosures;
4. Failure to conform posted disclosures with the disclosure filed with the Division;
5. Use of any of the following in the advertisement or sale of any food by a dealer that fails to post or file the required disclosure or by a person not representing itself as selling kosher food:
i. By direct statements, orally or in writing, that the food sold is kosher or pareve;
ii. By display or by inscription on any food or its package, container or contents, the word "kosher", "pareve", "Glatt" or "rabbinical supervision" or similar expression, in any language, or by any sign, emblem, insignia, six-pointed star, Menorah, symbol or mark in simulation of the word kosher unless such inscription is on a properly sealed package; or
iii. By display on any interior or exterior sign, menu or otherwise, or by advertisement, either oral or in writing, the words "kosher-style", "kosher-type", "Jewish", "Hebrew", "holiday (Jewish) foods", "traditional (Jewish)", "Bar Mitzvah", "Bat Mitzvah" or other similar words, either alone or in conjunction with the word "type", "style" or other similar expression, unless there is clearly and conspicuously stated a disclaimer in the same size type or letters in some prominent place or location on the sign or menu or in the case of an advertisement in type no smaller than the smallest type in the advertisement, and in no event less than 10-point type, that the product or products offered for sale are not represented as kosher.
(1) The disclaimer shall appear in a box within the advertisement and shall be preceded with the word "NOTICE" or other similar word, in not smaller than bold 14-point type.
(2) An advertisement that utilizes any kosher symbol that also promotes the sale of non-kosher food is in violation of this section unless there is clearly and conspicuously stated in the advertisement a disclaimer in accordance with the requirement of this section, that some of the food offered for sale is not represented to be kosher;
6. By advertising an establishment as being under kosher supervision without including in the advertisement the name of the supervising individual or agency;
7. By representing a food and/or an establishment as being under kosher supervision when that food and/or establishment is not in conformance with the requirements of that supervision;
8. Use by any person of a recognized kosher food symbol, including but not limited to OU, OK, Kof-K, Triangle-K, Star-K, without first obtaining written authorization from the person or agency represented by that symbol;
9. Use of the word(s) "kosher" or "pareve" or a kosher symbol insignia or the letter(s) "K," "KM," "KP" or "KD," on properly sealed packages that are not produced under kosher supervision, shall bear the statement "not under kosher supervision" in bold type on the label;
10. Use of the letter "P" as part of a kosher symbol on any product when that product is not represented as kosher for Passover;
11. Possession by any person, other than the manufacturer or packer at its premises, of kosher or kosher for Passover identification bearing a kosher symbol, unless the certifying entity of that symbol authorizes application of that symbol to that product on that premise;
12. Possession by any person of meat and/or poultry represented as having been slaughtered to be sold as kosher, when that meat and/or poultry is not properly identified with the slaughterhouse tag and/or plumba or the wholesaler's tag;
13. Failure to comply with the labeling requirements of 13:45A-21.3;
14. Failure to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of 13:45A-21.4;
15. Failure to allow an inspector entry upon the business premises of a dealer or to interfere in any way with an inspection;
16. Failure to respond in a timely fashion to an inquiry conducted by the Division;
17. Failure to attend any scheduled proceeding as directed by the Division. In the event that a person elects to retain counsel for the purpose of representation in any such proceeding, it shall be the person's responsibility to do so in a timely fashion. The failure of a person to retain counsel, absent a showing of good cause for such failure, shall not require an adjournment of the proceeding;
18. Failure to answer any question pertinent to an inquiry made pursuant to 56:8-3, or other applicable law, unless the response is subject to a bona fide claim of privilege; or
19. Failure to make a proper and timely response by way of appearance and/or production of documents to any subpoena issued pursuant to 56:8-3 or as otherwise may be provided by law.