Section 288.702 - Dairy plant employee; requirements. - Michigan Statutes

MANUFACTURING MILK LAW OF 2001 (EXCERPT)
Act 267 of 2001

288.702 Dairy plant employee; requirements.

Sec. 142.

A person employed by a dairy plant shall comply with all of the following, if applicable:

(a) Wash his or her hands before beginning work and upon returning to work after using toilet facilities, eating, smoking, or otherwise soiling his or her hands.

(b) Keep his or her hands clean and follow good hygienic practices while on duty.

(c) Refrain from using tobacco in any form in each room and compartment where any milk, dairy product, or other supplies are prepared, stored, or otherwise handled.

(d) Wear clean, white, or light-colored washable outer garments or apron and a cap or hairnet while engaged in receiving, testing, processing milk or dairy products, packaging, or handling dairy products.

(e) If afflicted with a communicable disease, not enter any room or compartment where milk and dairy products are prepared, manufactured, or otherwise handled.

(f) If he or she has a discharging or infected wound, sore, or lesion on hands, arms, or other exposed portion of the body, not work in any dairy processing rooms or in any capacity resulting in contact with the processing or handling of dairy products.

(g) Each employee whose work brings him or her in contact with the processing or handling of dairy products, containers, or equipment shall comply with requirements for employee health as specified under sections 2-201.11 to 2-201.15 of the food code adopted under the food law of 2000.

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 147, Eff. June 27, 2008