La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § VII-969

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VII-969 - Personnel Health

A. No persons affected with any disease capable of being transmitted to others through the contamination of food shall work at a dairy plant in any capacity which brings them into direct contact with finished products, such as pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized or aseptically processed milk or dairy products or which brings them into direct contact with associated pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized or aseptically processed dairy product-contact surfaces.

B. Dairy plant employees, or applicants to whom a conditional offer of employment has been made, shall be responsible to report to the dairy plant management if he/she:

1. is diagnosed with an illness due to Hepatitis A virus, Salmonella typhi, Shigella species, Norwalk-like viruses, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, Non-typhoidal Salmonella, Rotovirus, Taenia solium, Yersinia enterocolitica, Vibrio cholerae O1, tuberculosis or other infectious or communicable disease that has been declared by the state health officer to be transmissible to others through the handling of food, or has been clearly shown to be so based upon verifiable epidemiological data;

2. has been exposed to, or is suspected of causing, a confirmed foodborne disease outbreak of one of the diseases specified in §971, 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:

a. prepared food implicated in the outbreak;

b. consumed food implicated in the outbreak; or

c. 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 of the diseases specified in §969. B.1 above.

C. Similarly, dairy plant employees shall be instructed by the dairy plant management to report to the dairy plant management if the employee, or applicant to whom a conditional offer of employment has been made if he/she;

1. has a symptom associated with acute gastrointestinal illness such as diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite for three or more days, vomiting, jaundice; or

2. has a pustular lesion such as a boil or infected wound that is:

a. on the hands, wrists or exposed portions of the arms, unless the lesion is covered by a durable, moisture proof, tight-fitting barrier; or

b. 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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § VII-969

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 37:2682 (September 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a). Also see R.S. 40:5(2)(3)(5)(7)(15)(17) and R.S. 40:922.