<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-435" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Milk Products">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An individual who has a communicable disease or is a carrier of a communicable disease may not work, in any capacity that brings that individual into contact with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk products, containers, equipment, or utensils, at:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A dairy farm;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A milk plant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A receiving station; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A transfer station.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who operates a dairy farm, transfer station, receiving station, or milk plant may not employ any individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Who, if employed, would violate paragraph (1) of this subsection; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Whom the employer reasonably believes would violate paragraph (1) of this subsection if employed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each holder of a permit for a receiving station, transfer station, or as a distributor, milk processor, or milk producer shall notify the Secretary immediately if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A communicable disease affects any individual on that person’s dairy farm, distribution station, receiving station, transfer station, or milk plant; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That person suspects that any employee of that person has contracted a communicable disease or has become a carrier of a communicable disease.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An individual who has an infected cut or lesion on a hand or arm may not handle any milk product, milk container, or milk equipment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary may make or require a reasonable medical and biological examination of an individual who is suspected of having any communicable disease.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An examination under this subsection may include examination of the bodily discharges of the individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
