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Document ID (ISN)66694
CIS number 96-412
ISSN - Serial title 0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Ministère du Travail (France)
Title Circular DEPSE/SDTE/C 95-7011-DRT No.95-6 of 8 March 1995 concerning the medical surveillance of workers involved in the handling of food products of animal origin [France]
Original title Circulaire DEPSE/SDTE/C 95-7011-DRT n°95-6 du 8 mars 1995 relative à la surveillance médicale des salariés procédant à la manipulation des denrées animales et d'origine animale [France] [in French]
Bibliographic information 1st Quarter 1995, No.61, p.65-66.
Abstract This circular applies to workers who handle, in their normal work, food and food products of animal origin (meat, seafood, milk, eggs etc.). Such workers must observe very high standards of personal hygiene and must wear very clean clothing. In addition, they must possess a medical certificate stating either that there is no health reason to prevent them from working in such establishments or that they do not have certain diseases, and are not carriers of certain microorganisms or parasites.
Descriptors (primary) France; infection control; medical supervision; meat industry; food industry
Descriptors (secondary) occupational hygiene; infectious diseases; data sheet; housekeeping; directive; personal hygiene
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Food industry