Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations 1966 (SR 1966/87) (as at 12 June 2009)

13 Certain contacts and carriers not to engage in certain occupations
  • (1) No contact of cholera, diphtheria, dysentry (amoebic or bacillary), enteric fever, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis non A or B, a salmonella infection, or streptococcal sore throat (including scarlet fever) shall engage in the manufacture, preparation, handling, or sale of any food (including milk, cream, or ice cream) until he has been proved by microbiological examination, in the case of a disease other than hepatitis A, hepatitis B, or hepatitis non A or B, to be free of infection or has been permitted to do so by the Medical Officer of Health.

    (2) No carrier of cholera, diphtheria, dynsentry (amoebic or bacillary), enteric fever, a salmonella infection, or strepthococcal sore throat (including scarlet fever) shall engage in the preparation, manufacture, or handling of any food for sale, nor shall he engage himself or be employed in any capacity in which in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health he may cause or spread any such disease.

    Regulation 13(1) was substituted, as from 20 April 1978, by regulation 2, Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations 1966, Amendment No 2 (SR 1978/111).