1715.06 WHOLESOMENESS OF FOOD.

   (a)    Condemnation. Samples of food and other substances may be taken and examined by the Health Commissioner as often as necessary for the detection of unwholesomeness. The Health Commissioner shall condemn and forbid the sale of, or cause to be removed or destroyed any food which is unwholesome.

   No operator shall employ any person knowing him to be suspected of having or knowing him to be a carrier of a communicable disease.

   The operator shall notify the Health Commissioner immediately, if he has reason to believe that an employee has a disease in a communicable form or has become a carrier of a communicable disease.

   (b)    Procedure When Infection is Suspected. When the Health Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that a danger of transmission of infection from any food establishment employee exists, the Commissioner is authorized to require any or all of the following measures:

      (1)   The immediate exclusion of the employee from employment in all food establishments;

      (2)   The suspension of the food establishment permit in accordance with the provisions of Section 1715.03(f) until no further danger of disease outbreak exists, in the opinion of the Commissioner; or

      (3)   Adequate medical examination of the employee and of his associates, with such laboratory examinations as may be required by the Commissioner.

         (Ord. 96-29. Passed 1-31-96.)