Foodborne IllnessQuestion 35 of 240
A server tells the person in charge she has a sore throat with fever. Under FDA Food Code and NYC practice, the supervisor should:
a.Restrict the worker from working with exposed food and consider exclusion, since a sore throat with fever can transmit illness
b.Send the worker to handle raw chicken instead
c.Do nothing, as this is never reportable
d.Ask the worker to wear two pairs of gloves and keep serving
Explanation
A worker with a sore throat accompanied by fever should be restricted from working with exposed food, and excluded when serving highly susceptible populations, because such symptoms can indicate a transmissible infection like strep. Gloves do not substitute for restriction. The supervisor must know these symptom-based rules to protect customers.
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