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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) You must take measures to prevent contamination of covered produce and food contact surfaces with microorganisms of public health significance from any person with an applicable health condition (such as communicable illnesses that present a public health risk in the context of normal work duties, infection, open lesion, vomiting, or diarrhea).
(b) The measures you must take to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section must include all of the following measures:
(1) Excluding any person from working in any operations that may result in contamination of covered produce or food contact surfaces with microorganisms of public health significance when the person (by medical examination, the person's acknowledgement, or observation) is shown to have, or appears to have, an applicable health condition, until the person's health condition no longer presents a risk to public health; and
(2) Instructing personnel to notify their supervisor(s) (or a responsible party) if they have, or if there is a reasonable possibility that they have an applicable health condition.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.112.31 What measures must I take to prevent ill or infected persons from contaminating covered produce with microorganisms of public health significance? - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-21-food-and-drugs/cfr-sect-21-112-31/
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