Hotline to dob in the gastro spreaders - Food Safety

Coughs, colds and stomach viruses are being spread through restaurants, cafes and take away shops this winter by employees who are being pressured into working while they are sick.

The NSW Food Authority has investigated several reports of businesses suspected of allowing staff with symptoms of gastroenteritis, such as vomiting and diarrhoea to handle food or serve customers..........

The concerns have prompted the state government to set up a hotline where members of the public or employees can anonymously voice concerns about businesses that may be harbouring illnesses......

"If you're crook, don't cook....one sick worker had the potential to infect hundreds, if not thousands of people......"

"For the infection to transmit, it can either pass in droplets through the air - within a metre of someone else - or by handshaking."

The virus hotline is 1300 552 406

To read Sun-Herald, Sunday July 18, 2010 article in full.

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