21 CFR § 1250.35 - Health of persons handling food.

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title: "21 CFR § 1250.35 - Health of persons handling food."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1250.35"
section_name: "Health of persons handling food."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER CERTAIN OTHER ACTS ADMINISTERED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "1250"
part_name: "INTERSTATE CONVEYANCE SANITATION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 216, 243, 264, 271."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 5624, Feb. 6, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1250.35 Health of persons handling food.

(a) Any person who is known or suspected to be in a communicable period or a carrier of any communicable disease shall not be permitted to engage in the preparation, handling, or serving of water, other beverages, or food.

(b) Any person known or suspected to be suffering from gastrointestinal disturbance or who has on the exposed portion of the body an open lesion or an infected wound shall not be permitted to engage in the preparation, handling, or serving of food or beverages.