Title 24, Title 24: FOOD AND DRUGS

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…

24:10A-2. Rules and regulations The State Department of Health may establish reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1946, c. 107, p. 332, s. 2.

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 t…

24:10A-4. Effective date This act shall take effect January first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1946, c. 107, p. 333, s. 4.

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 dep…

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 …

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 p…

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,…

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 c…

24:11-6. Inspection of egg establishments The state department shall inspect every place where eggs are broken, stored, had in possession with intent to sell, or sold.

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 p…

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, ef…

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…

24:11A-1. Short title This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Flour and Bread Enrichment Act of 1946. L.1946, c. 86, p. 296, s. 1.

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). A…

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 differ…

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 re…

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 j…

24:11A-14. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. L.1946, c. 86, p. 302, s. 15.

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 di…

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-r…

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…

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 …

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;…

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 com…

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 becau…

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 in…

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, wh…

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 s…

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 condu…

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…

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 a…

24:12-14. Violations; penalties a. The Commissioner of Health, upon receipt of information that a contaminant which is present in bottled water may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health and safety, may take any action deemed necessary to protect th…

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…

24:12-4. False advertising No person shall distribute or sell or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell any nonalcoholic drink at any place where false or fraudulent statements or designs are displayed concerning such drink.

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 …

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 …

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 a…

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 o…

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 Departme…

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,…

24:14A-10. Nonenforcement by board; enforcement by department If the department finds that any board having primary jurisdiction under this act is not enforcing the provisions of this act or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the department may cause a disorderly p…

24:14A-11. Rules and regulations by department The commissioner of the department shall have the power to prescribe rules and regulations establishing criteria for the identification of areas and conditions involving high risk of lead poisoning or intoxication, specifying methods…

24:14A-2. Toys or furniture; sale or transfer for profit or knowingly transfer or exchange; prohibition No person shall sell or transfer for profit or offer to sell or transfer for profit toys or furniture to which lead paint has been applied, and no person shall knowingly transf…

24:14A-3. Violations; disorderly persons Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be a disorderly person. L.1971, c. 366, s. 3.

24:14A-4. Definitions For purposes of this act: a. "Approved" means satisfactory compliance as determined and recorded by the Department of Health. b. "Department" means the State Department of Health. c. "Lead paint" means any pigmented, liquid substance applied to surfaces by b…