| By Ms. Flavin of Easthampton, petition of Nancy Flavin for legislation to prohibit the use of certain latex products by persons handling food. Commerce and Labor. |
The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year
Two Thousand and One.
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AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF CERTAIN LATEX PRODUCTS BY PERSONS WHO HANDLE FOOD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 94 of the General
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 305E the following section:—
Section 305F. Any person
working in an establishment engaged wholly or in part in the business of
producing, manufacturing, processing, storing or offering or exposing for
sale any article of food and whose duties actually involve the handling
of food during such production, manufacture, processing, storing or offering
or exposing for sale shall not use latex gloves. If the department of public
health finds, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing has been provided,
that any establishment is not in compliance with the provisions of this
section, it may assess civil penalties in an amount not exceeding $100
for each such violation.