Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-3-16 - PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, HANDLING OR DISTRIBUTION OF MILK, MILK PRODUCTS AND FROZEN DESSERTS › Section 420-3-16-.16 - Personnel Health

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) No person
			 affected with any disease capable of being transmitted to others through the
			 contamination of food in a communicable form, or while a carrier of such
			 disease, shall work at any dairy farm, milk plant, or frozen dessert plant in
			 any capacity which brings him into contact with the production, handling,
			 storage, or transportation of milk, milk products, frozen desserts, containers,
			 equipment, and utensils; and no dairy farm or milk or frozen dessert plant
			 operator shall employ in any such capacity any such person, or any person
			 suspected of having any disease in a communicable form, or of being a carrier
			 of such disease. Any producer or distributor of milk, milk products, or frozen
			 dessert plant where any communicable disease occurs, or who suspects that any
			 employee has contracted any disease in a communicable form, or has become a
			 carrier of such disease shall notify the Health Officer immediately.
(2) Administrative Procedures
(a) Milk and frozen dessert plant operators
			 who have received reports under this section from employees who have handled
			 pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, aseptically processed and packaged low-acid
			 milk, and/or milk, milk products, and frozen dessert products, or retort
			 processed after packaged low-acid milk and/or milk products, or associated milk
			 and/or milk product-contact surfaces shall immediately report these facts to
			 the appropriate Health Officer.
(b)
			 Milk and frozen dessert plant employees, or applicants to whom a conditional
			 offer of employment has been made, shall be instructed by the milk plant that
			 the employee or applicant or applicants to whom a conditional offer of
			 employment has been made is responsible to report to the milk plant management,
			 in a manner that allows the milk and frozen dessert plants to prevent the
			 likelihood of the transmission of diseases that are transmissible through
			 foods, if the employee or applicant to whom a conditional offer of employment
			 has been made:
1. Is diagnosed with an
			 illness due to Hepatitis A virus,
Salmonella typhi,. Shigella
species, Norwalk and Norwalk-like Viruses,
Staphylococcus aureus,
			 Streptococcus pyogenes, Escherichia coli
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enterohemorrhagic
Escherichia coli, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli,
			 Campylobacter jejuni, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia,
Non-typhoidal
Salmonella, Rotovirus, Taenia solium, Yersinia
			 enterocolitica, Vibrio cholerae 01
or other infectious or communicable
			 disease that has been declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
			 (HHS) to be transmissible to others through the handling of food, or has been
			 clearly shown to be so based upon verifiable epidemiological data; or
2. Is exposed to or suspected of causing a
			 confirmed foodborne disease outbreak of one (1) of the diseases specified in
			 Item 1 above, including an outbreak at an event such as a family meal, church
			 supper, or ethnic festival because the employee or applicant to whom a
			 conditional offer of employment has been made:
(i) Prepared food implicated in the outbreak;
			 or
(ii) Consumed food implicated in
			 the outbreak; or
(iii) Consumed
			 food at the event prepared by a person who is infected or ill.
3. Lives in the same household as
			 a person who attends or works in a day care center, school, or similar
			 institution experiencing a confirmed outbreak of one (1) of the diseases
			 specified in Item 1 above.
4.
			 Similarly, milk and frozen dessert plant employees shall be instructed by the
			 milk and frozen dessert plant management to report to the milk plant management
			 if the employee, or applicant to whom a conditional offer of employment has
			 been made:
5. Has a symptom
			 associated with acute gastrointestinal illness such as abdominal cramps or
			 discomfort, diarrhea, fever, or loss of appetite for three (3) or more days,
			 vomiting, jaundice; or
6. Has a
			 pustular lesion such as a boil or infected wound that is:
(i) On the hands, wrists, or exposed portions
			 of the arms, unless the lesion is covered by a durable, moisture proof,
			 tight-fitting barrier; or
(ii) On
			 other parts of the body if the lesion is open or draining, unless the lesion is
			 covered by a durable, moisture proof, tight-fitting barrier.