Regulation .22 Foodborne Disease Investigation and Control.
Regulation .22 Foodborne Disease Investigation and Control.LinkCopy Citation
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.