W. Va. Code R. § 61-19-17

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 61-19-17 - Cleanliness and health

17.1. Hands shall be washed clean and dried with a sanitary towel immediately before milking, before performing any milkhouse function, and immediately after the interruption of any of these activities.

17.2. Any person milking an animal shall wear clean outer garments while milking or handling milk, milk products, milk containers, equipment or utensils.

17.3. No person affected with any disease in a communicable form, or while a carrier of such disease, shall work at any dairy farm or milk products facility in any capacity which brings him or her into contact with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk or milk products, containers, equipment, or utensils. No dairy farm operator or milk products producer shall employ in any capacity any person having or suspected of having a disease in a communicable form or being a carrier of such disease. Any producer who suspects that any employee or family member has contracted any disease in a communicable form, or has become a carrier of the disease, shall notify the Commissioner immediately.

17.4. When reasonable cause exists to suspect the possibility of transmission of infection from any person handling milk or milk products, the Commissioner may require any or all of the following measures:

17.4.1. The immediate exclusion of the affected person from milk or milk products handling;

17.4.2. The immediate exclusion of the milk or cheese supply concerned from distribution and use; and/or

17.4.3. Adequate medical and bacteriological examination of the person, and of his or her associates.

W. Va. Code R. § 61-19-17