Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 347 - BIRCH AND MAPLE SYRUP PROCESSING
Section 001-347-7 - Personnel
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Any person who works in a birch and maple manufacturing establishment, by medical examination or supervisory observation, is shown to have, or appears to have, an illness, open lesion, including boils, sores, or infected wounds, or any other abnormal source of microbial contamination by which there is a reasonable possibility of food, food-contact surfaces, or food-packaging materials becoming contaminated, must be excluded from any operations which may be expected to result in such contamination until the condition is corrected, unless conditions such as open lesions, boils, and infected wounds are adequately covered (e.g., by an impermeable cover). Personnel must be instructed to report such health conditions to their supervisors.
B. Personnel shall wear clean outer garments when working in the processing areas.
C. No tobacco shall be used in any form in the plant.