New Jersey Statutes 24:15-7. Toilet facilities for and personal cleanliness of employees
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:15-7
- Cosmetic: means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles. See New Jersey Statutes 24:1-1
- Food: means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals (2) chewing gum and (3) articles used for components of any such article. See New Jersey Statutes 24:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
All employees of a food, drug or cosmetic establishment who handle the material from which food, drugs or cosmetics intended for distribution or sale are prepared, or the finished product shall, before beginning work and after visiting the toilet, wash their hands and arms thoroughly with clean water and soap. Every person owning or operating a food, drug or cosmetic establishment shall provide adequate facilities for such washing and shall take all reasonable means to compel such employees to perform such washing.
Adequate, conveniently located toilet facilities shall be provided for employees on the premises of a food, drug or cosmetic establishment.
All toilet rooms shall be separate from the rooms where any processes incident to the production, manufacture, preparation, packing, storage, sale or distribution of food, drugs or cosmetics are carried on and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Amended by L.1966, c. 74, s. 23.