Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-3-16-.16

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 12, September 30, 2024

Section 420-3-16-.16 - Personnel Health

(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 0157:E1, 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.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-3-16-.16

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 01, October 31, 2018, eff. 12/2/2018.

Author: G. M. Gallaspy, Jr.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-2-2, 22-20-7.