This document is also available in PDF (10.68MB).

To order this publication send an email to: CFSANPublicationRe@fda.hhs.gov and request the publication by name and publication number: IFS 04.

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Foodborne Illness
• Employee Health and the Food Establishment
  • Employee Health - Management Responsibilities
  • Employee Health - Employee Responsibilities
  • Employee Health - Exclusions and Restrictions
  • Employee Health and the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Employee Health and Highly Susceptible Populations

• Personal Hygiene
• No Bare Hand Contact with Ready-to-Eat Foods
• Forms, Tables and Decision Trees
  • Form 1-A Conditional Employee and Food Employee Interview
    (PDF: 352KB)
  • Form 1-B Conditional Employee or Food Employee Reporting Agreement (PDF: 45KB)
    also available in: 繁體中文 (Chinese) (PDF: 188KB), हिंदी (Hindi) (PDF: 140KB), 한국 Korean (PDF: 131KB), русский язы (Russian) (PDF: 232KB), español (Spanish) (PDF: 269KB), Việt (Vietnamese) (PDF: 220KB)
  • Form 1-C Conditional Employee or Food Employee Medical Referral
    (PDF: 348KB)
  • Form 1-D Application for Bare Hand Contact Procedure
    (PDF: 352KB)
  • 2-201.12 Table 1a: Summary of Requirements
    for Symptomatic Food Employees
    (PDF: 354KB)
  • 2-201.12 Table 1b: Summary of Requirements
    for Diagnosed, Symptomatic Food Employees
    (PDF: 355KB)
  • 2-201.12 Table 2: Summary of Requirements for Diagnosed Food Employees with Resolved Symptoms
    (PDF: 362KB)
  • 2-201.12 Table 3: Summary of Requirements for Diagnosed Food Employees Who Never Develop Gastrointestinal Symptoms
    (PDF: 344KB)
  • 2-201.12 Table 4: History of Exposure, and Absent Symptoms or Diagnosis
    (PDF: 352KB)
  • 2-201.11 / 2-201.12 Decision Tree 1. When to Exclude or Restrict a Food Employee Who Reports a Symptom and When to Exclude a Food Employee Who Reports a Diagnosis with Symptoms Under the Food Code
    (PDF: 235KB)
  • 2-201.11 / 2-201.12 Decision Tree 2. When to
    Exclude or Restrict a Food Employee Who is
    Asymptomatic and Reports a Listed Diagnosis
    and When to Restrict a Food Employee Who
    Reports a Listed Exposure Under the Food Code
    (PDF: 588 KB)