Title X, Public Health

In case any establishment, or any part thereof, licensed hereunder shall be deemed by the commissioner of the department of health and human services to be conducted in an insanitary manner, or there shall be any practice deemed in violation of any law, or of any legally adopted …

Before revoking or canceling any license or registration the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall give written notice, stating that he contemplates such action and giving his reasons therefor. Said notice shall appoint a time of hearing and shall be s…

Any person, firm or corporation whose license has been suspended or revoked, or for whom a renewal therefor has been denied, shall discontinue the manufacture and sale within the state of the products concerned. The sale of the products of any manufacturer or bottler not licensed…

All containers used in the manufacture of beverages, other than cider manufacturers regulated by the department of agriculture, shall be cleaned and sterilized in such manner as may be provided in the rules adopted under this chapter. All materials used in the manufacture of beve…

Whoever violates any provision of this subdivision, or any rule or regulation lawfully made hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any beverage or beverage concentrate sold, kept or offered for sale without having been registered as herein provided may be forfeited.

The department of health and human services and local boards of health shall be charged with the enforcement hereof.

The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to persons, firms, and corporations duly licensed under the provisions of the milk sanitation code, RSA 184:79-102.

The existence or maintenance of any unclean, unhealthful or unsanitary condition or practice in any establishment or place where food is produced, manufactured, stored or sold, or in any car or vehicle used for the transportation or distribution thereof, is forbidden.

The term "shellfish," as used in this subdivision, means all fresh or frozen edible species of oysters, clams or mussels, either shucked or in the shell, or scallops in any form, except when the final product form is the adductor muscle only.

No shellfish shall be harvested in New Hampshire for food unless taken from areas approved by the commissioner of the department of environmental services. If taken from out-of-state sources, shellfish harvested for food shall be taken from areas approved by the appropriate state…

The department of health and human services shall serve as the state shellfish sanitation control authority for the commercial sale and processing of shellfish. The department of environmental services shall serve as the state shellfish sanitation control authority for the determ…

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 dep…

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 sha…

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,…

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 b…

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 t…

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.

Whoever violates any provision of this subdivision, or regulations made under authority of the preceding RSA 143:26, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any shellfish sold in violation of this subdivision may be forfeited.

Unclean, unhealthful or unsanitary conditions or practices shall be deemed to exist if the floors, sidewalls and ceilings are not properly constructed and maintained; or if food in the process of production, storage, sale or distribution is unnecessarily exposed to flies, dust or…

The department of health and human services or its inspectors, or special agents designated for that purpose, shall have full power and authority at all times to enter and inspect every building, room, or other place occupied or used for the production, storage, sale, or distribu…

In the event that a person infected with any communicable disease is employed, or if structural alterations are necessary for the protection of food products as herein required, the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall issue an order prohibiting the e…

I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services may order immediate: (a) Closure of any establishment or place where food is produced, manufactured, stored, or sold; or (b) Discontinuance of use of any car or vehicle used for transportation or distribution of f…

I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. It shall be the duty of local boards of health to assist in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. II. The commissioner…

No establishment which serves food or drink to the public with or without charge shall provide sugar except in individually wrapped packets or in covered containers from which sugar is poured through a hole not more than 3/8 of an inch in diameter.

Whoever violates any of the provisions of this subdivision, or fails to comply with the lawful orders and requirements of the commissioner of the department of health and human services duly made as herein provided, shall be guilty of a violation.

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 adopte…

All fines collected for the violation of RSA 143 shall be paid to the state.

The term "beverage" as used in this subdivision shall include all still and carbonated drinks; fruit juices and all beverages compounded therefrom; all bottled waters, whether for medicinal or table use; and all packaged liquids intended for use in the manner of drink. Milk and u…