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Board approves 2026 food and public-establishment licenses; health report notes COVID and flu activity
Summary
The Caldwell Board of Health approved 25 food licenses and 12 public-establishment licenses on Jan. 13, recorded several business name changes and heard a health report citing five confirmed COVID-19 cases, four probable cases, and a resolved influenza outbreak of 21 cases at a child-care center.
The Caldwell Board of Health voted on Jan. 13 to approve 25 food-license applications and 12 public-establishment license applications for 2026 after a motion by Patty Landon and a second from Lisa Gates; the approvals were carried by acclaim.
Health Department staff reported business changes and openings: Chocolate Palace will open in place of Boba Bliss; Pizza and Sandwich Barn will be renamed Rozana under new ownership; Gyro World has been renamed Yanni's under the same owner. Café Duit was inspected and cleared to operate. The Board heard that notices about ordinance changes and increases to annual licensing fees were mailed with 2026 license applications and that the office has begun receiving returns.
The Board discussed an intergovernmental contract with the Bloomfield Health Department to assist with inspections; Anakaren Millan said the contract has been presented to the Borough Administrator and is under attorney review. Sagar Patel reported that, even though the contract has not yet been executed, inspectors will begin visiting public establishments to provide awareness of the ordinance changes and inspections.
On disease surveillance, Sagar Patel reported five confirmed COVID-19 cases and four probable cases; ten pending influenza cases and four confirmed Flu A/H3 cases. He reported one outbreak at a child-care center that resulted in 21 flu cases; that outbreak has been resolved. Staff obtain case data through the Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System (CDRSS). Sagar also said blood-pressure screenings were held at Marion Manor (three attendees) and a blood-pressure clinic is scheduled for Jan. 15 at the Health and Human Services Building. The department will offer new glucose screenings throughout the year and a nutrition presentation by Mountainside Medical Center is scheduled for March 18 at 10 a.m.
The Board adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
