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[citation needed] Hepatitis A transmission through food is rare. The biggest states in the US do not require hepatitis A vaccination for food handlers. Food ha
by silencio 13y ago
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Hepatitis A transmission through food is rare. The biggest states in the US do not require hepatitis A vaccination for food handlers. Food handlers are also not on the CDC recommended list of people that receive said vaccine.
Source: I don't know, maybe because I'm a certified food safety manager in California (last I checked that state had like 10% of the US's population) and there are ten million other scarier things relating to food safety than hepatitis A transmission through food.
> 10 States that include the Largest Metro's also many cities mandate it through local health laws.
> [Edit] [Citation] http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Hepatitis-A.aspx http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Hepatitis-A.aspx
Haha this is cute.
The exact quote from the page is "By 2010, at least 10 states have mandated this vaccine for select groups of people, from food handlers to daycare attendees to kindergarten students." Nowhere does it say anything about "Largest Metro's" or cities that require this specifically for food handlers.
Last I checked through a cursory search, the top half dozen US states by population at least (which is roughly what? 1/2 the population of the US?) do not require a vaccine for food handlers, which is the context I'm looking for. I don't think I could give a damn if a state like North Dakota requires it when California considers ND's population to be a rounding error.
- drakaal 13y agoCali is one of those states. So you can't be a very good food safety manager. Citation included above. Agreed lots of things scarier than Hep A. But there isn't a vaccine for E. Coli or Salmonella.
- silencio 13y agoYeah, you know, I still don't see it anywhere. The citation you included doesn't say it anywhere - only for hepatitis B, which is much more prevalent. SF and Alameda County public health departments don't ask for vaccination records for employees, nor does LA's. Nice try.
- drakaal 13y agoAs you pointed out Cali is 10%. NYC, Detroit, Phoenix and Chicago all have city ordinances. You missed that your State is on the list and you didn't know it. I didn't know I needed to cite Every ordinance for every City... I'm sorry, I'll do better next time.
- silencio 13y agoSo NYC: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/living/cd-hepa-vaccine.shtml http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/living/cd-hepa-vaccine.shtm... Phoenix (county, because city had nothing): http://www.maricopa.gov/publichealth/services/immunizations/adult/default.aspx http://www.maricopa.gov/publichealth/services/immunizations/... Detroit: http://www.detroitmi.gov/DepartmentsandAgencies/DepartmentofHealthWellnessPromotion/Programs/Immunization.aspx http://www.detroitmi.gov/DepartmentsandAgencies/Departmentof... Chicago (county, cause city had nothing): http://www.cookcountypublichealth.org/faq http://www.cookcountypublichealth.org/faq Yeah, I kind of can't find anything relating to a required hepatitis A vaccination for any of those cities. You'd think searching something like "x city food handler vaccine" would show you something other than post-exposure news stories if it was really required. I actually had to dig around for the public health department sites. And nope I didn't miss my state. I can't be held accountable for like the one county in CA where my certification isn't accepted, but the rest of our lovely state really doesn't care that much for food workers specifically when it comes to that particular vaccination.