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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 4:10-15.3

Right to adequate food

Known as the New Jersey Aquaculture Development Act

The act spans §§ 4:10-1 to 4:9-38 (1,329 sections).

L.2025, JR 19, s.3.

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.

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