189A.6 Health examination of employees.
The operator of any establishment shall require all employees of such establishment to have a health examination by a physician and a certified health certificate for each employee shall be kept on file by the operator. The secretary may at any time require an employee of an establishment to submit to a health examination by a physician. No person suffering from any communicable disease, including any communicable skin disease, and no person with infected wounds, and no person who is a “carrier” of a communicable disease shall be employed in any capacity in an establishment. No person shall work or be employed in or about any establishment during the time in which a communicable disease exists in the home in which such person resides unless such person has obtained a certificate from a physician to the effect that no danger of public contagion or infection will result from the employment of such person in such establishment. Every person employed by an establishment and engaged in direct physical contact with meat or poultry products during its preparation, processing, or storage, shall be clean in person, wear clean washable outer garments and a suitable cap or other head covering used exclusively in such work. Only persons specifically designated by the operator of an establishment shall be permitted to touch meat or poultry products with their hands, and the persons so designated shall keep their hands scrupulously clean.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.6]
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION
Section 189A.3 - License — fee.
Section 189A.5 - Veterinarians and inspectors.
Section 189A.6 - Health examination of employees.
Section 189A.7 - Powers of secretary of agriculture.
Section 189A.8 - Prohibited acts.
Section 189A.9 - Hours of operation.
Section 189A.10 - Fraudulent practices.
Section 189A.11 - Access by inspectors — acceptance by state agencies.
Section 189A.12 - Seizure, detention and determination.
Section 189A.14 - Injunctive relief.
Section 189A.15 - Cooperation with other agencies.
Section 189A.16 - Forgery or counterfeiting.
Section 189A.18 - Humane slaughter practices.
Section 189A.20 - No inspection for products inedible as human food.