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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:15A-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
No person shall keep or use in the manufacture, sale or keeping for sale, of any drink, beverage or food, nor shall any person offer for sale, sell or manufacture, for use in the preparation, storage or dispensing of a drink, beverage or food, any tap, faucet, tank, fountain, refrigerator, utensil, vessel, apparatus, or any pipe, or conduit, or parts in connection therewith, which is composed or made either wholly or in part of lead, cadmium, or other metal or metallic substance that is or will be affected by the drink, beverage or food so that dangerous, unwholesome, or deleterious compounds are formed therein or thereby or such that the drink, beverage or food made or stored therein or drawn therefrom shall be unwholesome, dangerous or detrimental to health.

L.1942, c. 42, p. 249, s. 1, eff. April 20, 1942.