A foodborne illness cluster is traced to a restaurant where a server with no gastrointestinal symptoms handled bread rolls. Stool cultures confirm the server is an asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella Typhi. Under FDA Food Code, this employee must be:
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ARestricted from bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food only
BExcluded from the operation until cleared by a medical practitioner or health authority
CAllowed to work normally because no symptoms are present
DRestricted to non-food-contact duties such as mopping floors
✓ Correct answer: B. Excluded from the operation until cleared by a medical practitioner or health authoritySalmonella Typhi is one of the Big 6 pathogens; even asymptomatic carriers must be fully excluded from the operation (not merely restricted) under FDA Food Code 2-201.12 due to the high risk of fecal-oral transmission.
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