Perth Amboy, NJ Public Health Rules: Food Handler Certification (2026)

Perth Amboy City Code § 362-27, amended 7-24-2010 by Ord. No. 1519-2010, sets the food handler education rule in the City of Perth Amboy. Subsection A applies to every food handler and every person charged with supervision of the operation of a food and/or beverage establishment, any other eating place or mobile unit, and to any other food personnel the Department of Health deems necessary. Each of them must successfully complete a food safety and sanitation education program each calendar year. The program must be offered in accordance with the related notification instructions and be acceptable and verifiable to the Department of Health. Subsection A also requires owners, managers and supervisors to make every reasonable effort to get all employees and other people who handle food or beverages to complete the program each calendar year.

Subsection B lets the Health Officer, at his discretion and when found necessary, require any of those persons to attend supplementary courses. Subsection C puts the burden on the employer: no restaurant or other eating place can employ a food handler, or a supervisor in charge of its operations, unless the Subsection A requirement is met.

Subsection D adds a manager-level credential for the highest-risk kitchens. Every Risk Type 3 food establishment must comply with N.J.A.C. 8:24-2.1(b), under which at least one of the Person(s) in Charge (PIC) must possess a Food Protection Manager Certificate. The code defines a Risk Type 3 establishment as one with an extensive menu that requires handling raw ingredients and complex preparation, including cooking, cooling and reheating of at least three (3) or more potentially hazardous foods, such as full service restaurants, diners, commissaries and catering operations. It also covers an establishment that prepares and serves potentially hazardous food to a highly susceptible population, such as hospitals, nursing homes and preschools.

The Department of Health and the Health Officer administer the rule. The same Article VI, Food, of Chapter 362 holds the city's other food-premises rules, including inspection access for bakeries under § 362-32 and the cleanliness and ventilation standard for premises used to prepare or sell food in § 362-40.