S 1710 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires DOH to establish uniform standards for retail food establishment health and sanitary evaluation placards.

S 1710 requires New Jersey's Commissioner of Health to create a uniform, three-tier color-coded system (satisfactory/conditionally satisfactory/unsatisfactory) for health inspection placards displayed by retail food establishments. This replaces inconsistent local rules with a statewide standard, mandating that all such placards use specific colors to visually communicate inspection results to the public. The bill directly affects restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail food businesses that must display these placards, as well as health inspectors and local health agencies involved in evaluations. It supersedes any existing municipal ordinances governing these placards and takes effect four months after enactment.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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