N.J. Admin. Code § 8:21-7.30

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:21-7.30 - Plant personnel

(a) No person infected with any disease capable of being transmitted to others through food shall work at a frozen dessert plant in any capacity which brings them into direct contact with frozen desserts mix, finished products, or food contact surfaces.

(b) Frozen dessert plant employees or applicants to whom a conditional offer of employment has been made shall be instructed by management that he or she is responsible to report to management, in a manner that allows the frozen dessert plant to prevent the likelihood of disease transmission through foods, if he or she:

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:H7, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, non-typhoidal Salmonella, rotavirus, Taenia solium, Yersinia enterocolitica, Vibrio cholerae 01, or other infectious or communicable disease that may be declared by the Department to be transmissible to others through the handling of food, or has been clearly shown to be so based upon verifiable epidemiological data;

2. Is exposed to, or suspected of causing a confirmed foodborne disease outbreak of one of the diseases specified in (b)1 above, including an outbreak at an event such as a family meal, church supper, or ethnic festival because the employee or applicant:

i. Prepared food implicated in the outbreak;

ii. Consumed food implicated in the outbreak; or

iii. Consumed food at the event prepared by a person who is infected or ill; or

3. Lives in the same household as a person who attends or works in a day care center, school, or institution experiencing a confirmed outbreak of one of the diseases specified in (b)1 above.

(c) Management shall instruct frozen dessert plant employees to immediately report to management if they experience:

1. Abdominal cramps or discomfort, diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite for three or more days, vomiting, jaundice; or

2. A pustular lesion such as a boil or infected wound on the hands, wrists, or exposed portions of the arms, or an open or draining lesion on any other part of the body unless the lesion is covered by a durable, moisture-proof, tight-fitting barrier.

(d) Employees shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and shall conform to good hygienic practices during all working periods to prevent contamination of food products.

(e) Employees shall not use tobacco, eat or drink in areas where there is food or food ingredients or in areas used for washing and/or sanitizing equipment or utensils. Smoking and eating areas may be designated by management where no contamination of food, equipment, or utensils will result.

(f) Employees shall wear light-colored, clean, washable uniforms and adequate hair restraints while engaged in handling frozen desserts, equipment, and utensils.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:21-7.30

Amended by R.1990 d.563, effective 11/19/1990.
See: 22 New Jersey Register 2465(a), 22 New Jersey Register 3559(a).
Diseases specified at (a).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:21-7.41 and amended by R.1998 d.341, effective 7/6/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 1361(a), 30 New Jersey Register 2516(c).
Rewrote the section.