{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-10-15.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 4:10-15.1","heading":"Findings, declarations.","body":"1.\ta.  The Legislature finds and declares that the State shall:\n(1)\testablish the principles and bases for the promotion, protection, respect, and guarantee of the effective exercise of the right to adequate food and interdependent rights;\n(2)\tpromote planning and coordination between State, county, and municipal entities in its actions aimed at guaranteeing the full exercise of the right to adequate food;\n(3)\tpromote the production, supply, fair and equitable distribution, and consumption of, nutritious, sufficient, high-quality, safe, and culturally appropriate foods to promote the protection and exercise of the right to adequate food and to avoid food waste to the greatest extent possible;\n(4)\tstrengthen the State’s self-sufficiency and food security;\n(5)\testablish the bases for social participation in actions aimed at achieving the full exercise of the right to adequate food; and\n(6)\tpromote the creation of sustainable food environments that encourage informed consumption of healthy and nutritious foods.\nb.\tThe Legislature further finds and declares that all people, individually and collectively, shall have the right to adequate food at all times and to have access to food for daily consumption, as well as physical and economic access to safe food of nutritional quality and in sufficient quantity to satisfy their physiological needs at all stages of their life cycle, enabling their full development and a dignified life, in accordance with individual and cultural needs, without jeopardizing the satisfaction of other basic needs and without hindering the enjoyment of other rights.\nc.\tThe Legislature further finds and declares that the principles espoused in this resolution shall serve in perpetuity to inspire and guide future laws, rules, and regulations.\nL.2025, JR 19, s.1.","path":["TITLE 4 AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS"],"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":"46aa9276d0ec1b69050c35171728f0fd25ffecb1805f5498ca5f9adedd2e1e2f","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-10-14","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-4-10-15.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}