Requires monthly health and fire safety inspections for mobile retail food establishments.

This bill (A5235) requires mobile food vendors (like food trucks, carts, and trailers) in New Jersey to undergo monthly health and fire safety inspections at their base location, replacing a previous system where vendors often faced multiple inspections in a single day when moving between jurisdictions. It standardizes inspections under the State Sanitary Code and Uniform Fire Code, with the Health Commissioner setting health standards and the Community Affairs Commissioner setting fire safety standards. Vendors may have additional inspections per month but cannot exceed one health and one fire inspection weekly, and municipalities may charge fees only up to the cost of the inspection or the standard fee for non-mobile vendors. Failed inspection results must be publicly reported online by the Department of Community Affairs.