Which combination of complaints from a food employee is one of the five symptoms the Food Code makes reportable to the person in charge?
a.A headache along with muscle aches
b.A sore throat along with a fever
c.A runny nose along with sneezing
d.A skin rash along with dry cough
Explanation
The five reportable symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, sore throat with fever, and a lesion containing pus. Sore throat with fever matters because it can signal a streptococcal infection that spreads through food. Headache, runny nose, or rash alone are not on the reporting list, though a persistent runny nose does keep an employee away from exposed food.
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