Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Orders 2005
Food borne diseasesFood borne diseases
Start here
Get a plain-English read of Food borne diseases
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Orders 2005.
Food borne diseases
20.1 A person known or suspected to be suffering from, or to be a carrier of a disease likely to be transmitted through food must not work in any food handling area in any capacity in which there is any risk of such a person directly or indirectly contaminating milk and milk products with pathogens.
20.2 If a person:
(a) is known or suspected to be suffering from, or to be a carrier of a disease likely to be transmitted through food; and
(b) is at, or suspects that the disease may have resulted in the contamination of milk and milk products at, an establishment engaged in the preparation of milk and milk products for export as food;
the person must immediately report their disease to a person who is in charge of the operations at the establishment.
Note For the occupier’s liability if the requirements of this Division are not complied with see order 34.