N.J. Stat. § 4:10-15.3: Right to adequate food.

3. a. The Legislature hereby recognizes the right to adequate food.

b. The right to adequate food shall include, but need not be limited to:

(1) the satisfaction of nutritional needs;

(2) food availability;

(3) physical access to food;

(4) economic access to food;

(5) the acceptability and cultural relevance of foods, considering the non-nutrition-related values associated with food and food consumption, and the well-founded concerns of consumers about the nature of the foods available;

(6) sustainability;

(7) food sovereignty; and

(8) access to, and the availability and sanitation of, water for use by individuals for personal and domestic consumption and for the production of food in a sufficient, healthy, acceptable, and affordable manner.

c. Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the basis for, or subject to, a private right of action for violations of this resolution or any other law.

L.2025, JR 19, s.3.