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Paragraph 2

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No person shall engage in the handling of fresh meat if he is—

(a)

likely to contaminate such meat; or

(b)

wearing a bandage on the hands or forearms, other than a waterproof dressing protecting a non-infected wound,

and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) above, no person shall engage in the handling of fresh meat if he is suffering from or suspected of suffering from, or is the carrier of, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever or any other salmonella infection, or dysentery, infectious hepatitis, scarlet fever or any staphylococcal infection likely to cause food poisoning, or is suffering from or suspected of suffering from infectious tuberculosis or any infectious skin disease; or any disease or condition which may render a person liable to contaminate fresh meat, and as soon as any person engaged in the handling of fresh meat or blood intended for human consumption becomes aware that he is suffering from, or is the carrier of, such disease or condition he shall forthwith give notice of the fact to the occupier or person in charge of the premises and such occupier or person in charge (as the case may be) shall, immediately after the receipt of the notice, notify the proper officer of the district in which the premises are situated to the same effect; where the person required to give the notice referred to in this sub-paragraph is himself the occupier or person in charge of the premises he shall immediately notify the proper officer of the district in which the premises are situated.