La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § VII-971

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

Section VII-971 - Notification of Disease

A. Dairy plant operators and dairy plant management who have received reports, under §969, from employees who have handled pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized or aseptically processed milk, pasteurized milk products or associated product-contact surfaces shall immediately report these facts to the state health officer.

B. When a person has been reported under §969, or is otherwise known to meet one or more of the conditions listed under §969, and it is found that such person may have handled pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized or aseptically processed milk, pasteurized milk products or associated product-contact surfaces, the state health officer is authorized to require any or all the following measures:

1. the immediate restricting of that person from duties which require handling finished product such as, but not limited to, pasteurized milk or dairy products, or the handling of related product-contact surfaces. This restriction may be lifted after an appropriate medical clearance or cessation of symptoms or both, according to the following criteria in the following table;

Removal of Restrictions When Infection or High Risk of Infection is Discovered
Health Status	Removing Restrictions
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:H7, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Campylobactor 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 ben clearly shown to be so based upon verifiable epidemiological data.	Restrictions lifted by medical clearance.
Meeting a high risk scenario as specified in §969. B.2 and/or experiencing symptoms in §969. C 1	Restrictions lifted when symptoms cease or medical documentation is provided that infection does not exist.
Asymptomatic, but stools positive for Salmonella typhi, Shigella or Escherichia coli 0157:H7.	Restrictions lifted by medical clearance.
Past illness from Salmonella typhi, Shigella, Escherichia coli 0157:H7 or other human pathogens for which humans have been determined to be carriers.	Restrictions lifted by medical clearance.
In the case of diagnosed or suspected Hepatitis A, onset of jaundice within the last seven days.	Restrictions lifted by medical clearance.
In the case of diagnosed or suspected Hepatitis A, onset of jaundice occurred more than seven days ago.	Restrictions lifted by medical clearance or jaundice ceases.

2. the immediate exclusion of the affected dairy products from distribution and use when medically appropriate; and

3. the immediate requesting of medical and microbiological examination of the person at risk.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § VII-971

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 37:2683 (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.