Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 15 - FOOD
Chapter 10.15.04 - Food and Drink Processing and Transportation
Section 10.15.04.22 - Foodborne Disease Investigation and Control
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.15.04.22
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
The approving authority shall ensure that:
A. When there is reasonable cause to suspect foodborne disease transmission or an outbreak from a food processed or distributed by a food processing plant, an inspection of the plant is conducted to:
(1) Identify:
(a) Potential points of food contamination in
the facility;
(b) Whether employee
illness may have contributed; and
(c) Whether a contaminated ingredient was
used to process a food; and
(2) Determine if affected food has been
distributed into commerce; and
B. The appropriate follow-up action is taken, which may include immediate:
(1) Closing of
the food processing plant, or a portion of the plant that is used to process
the implicated product; or
(2)
Exclusion of a suspect employee from all food handling positions within the
plant until medical and epidemiological evidence shows that the likelihood of
further foodborne disease transmission is low in accordance with COMAR
10.06.01.
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