{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-24-4-11","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 24:4-11","heading":"Summary destruction of perishable food","body":"The state department or the local board shall condemn any food of a perishable nature and cause it to be destroyed or disposed of in such a manner as to make it impossible to be thereafter used for human food, whenever found:\na.  Exposed or offered for sale, or had in possession with intent to sell, in violation of any provision of this subtitle;  or\nb.  In a state of rottenness or putrefaction, or in any condition which renders it unwholesome or unfit for use for human food.","path":["TITLE 24 FOOD AND DRUGS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"d4a74a837d565c9de550e98bc887d73d6f23cf661b4ffbd0931dff54ff48a67d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-24-4-10","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-24-4-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}