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• Employees are preventing CROSS-CONTAMINATION of
READY-TO-EAT FOOD with bare hands by properly
using suitable UTENSILS such as deli tissue, spatulas,
tongs, SINGLE-USE gloves, or dispensing EQUIPMENT.
• Employees are properly trained in FOOD safety, including
FOOD allergy awareness, as it relates to their assigned
duties.
• FOOD EMPLOYEES are informed of their responsibility
to report to the supervisor or PERSON IN CHARGE
information about their health and activities as they relate
to diseases transmissible through FOOD.
7.2.2 Employee Health
7.2.2.1 Communicable Diseases and Symptoms
7.2.2.1.1 Communicable Diseases (11 C)
FOOD EMPLOYEES suspected of, diagnosed with, or exposed to
any communicable disease caused by Salmonella typhi, Shigella
spp., E. coli O157:H7, hepatitis A virus, norovirus, or other
communicable diseases that can be transmitted by FOOD, must be
excluded from working in any FOOD or FOOD-related areas or
operations, including working with exposed FOOD,
WAREWASHING EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, LINENS,
SINGLE-SERVICE ARTICLES, and SINGLE-USE ARTICLES.
The excluded individual must not be allowed to return to the above
duties until they are symptom free for a minimum of 48 hours.
7.2.2.1.2 Other Symptoms (11 C)
FOOD EMPLOYEES who have conditions or symptoms of boils,
open sores, infected wounds, diarrhea, jaundice, fever, vomiting,
sore throat with fever, or discharges from the nose or mouth must
report these conditions or symptoms to the vessel’s medical staff
and must be restricted from working with exposed FOOD,
WAREWASHING, clean EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, LINENS,
and unwrapped SINGLE-SERVICE and SINGLE-USE
ARTICLES.
7.2.2.1.3 Sneeze/Cough (11 C)
FOOD EMPLOYEES experiencing persistent sneezing, coughing,
or a runny nose that causes discharges from the eyes, nose, or
mouth must not work with exposed FOOD; WAREWASHING;
clean EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, and LINENS; or unwrapped
SINGLE-SERVICE or SINGLE-USE ARTICLES.
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