New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 57 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter 1 - REPORTABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Section 8:57-1.13 - Foodhandlers ill or infected with communicable diseases

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:57-1.13

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The Department or a health officer may prohibit a person who is ill or infected with a communicable disease, which may be transmitted through food from working with food as set forth at 8:24-2.2.

(b) The Department or a health officer may prohibit a person who resides in, boards at, lodges in, or visits a household where that person may have come in contact with any person who is ill or infected with a communicable disease, which may be transmitted through food from working with food as set forth at 8:24-2.2.

(c) The Department or a health officer may require a person who is employed in any establishment where food is manufactured, processed, stored, prepared, or served for public consumption and who is suspected of being ill or infected with a communicable disease, which may be transmitted through food to submit to a physical examination and/or submit specimens of blood, bodily discharges, or other specimens for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the person is ill or infected with a communicable disease.

(d) The Department or a health officer may prohibit the sale or distribution of food which:

1. A person who is ill or infected with a communicable disease, which may be transmitted through food has prepared; or

2. Is considered to be a possible vehicle for spread of disease.

The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available

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