Which set of symptoms requires a food handler to be excluded or restricted and reported to the manager?
a.A paper cut completely sealed beneath a clean bandage and a disposable finger cot
b.Mild headache, tiredness, and aching muscles after a double shift
c.Sneezing, a runny nose, watery eyes, itchy skin, or a seasonal pollen allergy
d.Vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, sore throat with fever, or an infected wound
Explanation
Food handlers must report to the manager and be restricted or excluded when they have vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, a sore throat with fever, or an infected open wound with pus, because these signal pathogens that can reach food. None of the other sets is on the Food Code reporting list: a paper cut sealed under a bandage and a finger cot is the control the Code itself calls for, and headache, aching muscles, sneezing, watery eyes, and itchy skin from a pollen allergy are not reportable symptoms on their own.
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