Now a new policy has been introduced, which seems to be able to apply for a health certificate. Take a look at ... the recently implemented Regulations on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law, which specifically divides "viral hepatitis" in the Food Safety Law into "viral hepatitis A and viral hepatitis E". Does this mean that it is officially legally clear that hepatitis B virus carriers are not prohibited from "working in contact with directly imported food"? The relevant person in charge of the food safety comprehensive coordination and health supervision bureau of the Ministry of Health gave a positive answer when interviewed by reporters.
this answer has been waiting for 14 years. It is understood that the Food Hygiene Law of the People's Republic of China, promulgated and implemented in October, 1995, stipulates that anyone suffering from digestive tract infectious diseases such as dysentery, typhoid fever, viral hepatitis, etc. (including pathogen carriers) shall not take part in the work of contacting directly imported food. In China, the main groups targeted by this regulation are chefs, caterers, waiters and other catering practitioners. Since then, hepatitis B virus carriers are not allowed to engage in catering industry, which has become an unwritten rule that has been implemented in administrative examination and approval and law enforcement. China is a "big country with hepatitis B", the employment opportunities of nearly 1 billion virus carriers are affected, and they are discriminated against in different degrees in society.
this is actually a misunderstanding. Relevant personnel of the Disease Control Bureau of the Ministry of Health told reporters that hepatitis B is a disease transmitted by body fluids such as blood, not an infectious disease of the digestive tract, and it has long been recognized scientifically. It is understood that the World Health Organization clearly points out that hepatitis B virus is not transmitted by contaminated food or water, and the relevant laws of the United States, Japan and other countries do not restrict hepatitis B virus carriers from engaging in food and catering industries. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of China also suggested that it is not mandatory to check hepatitis B virus surface antigen and other items in the physical examination of catering service workers. However, many local authorities still refuse to apply for the Health Certificate of Food Practitioners for hepatitis B virus carriers according to the statement of the Food Hygiene Law.
This regulation has aroused strong dissatisfaction among hepatitis B virus carriers. In a lot of discussions on the Internet, some people even think that it is precisely because of the expression of the Food Hygiene Law and the restrictions on hepatitis B virus carriers in the food industry in the implementation process that people's understanding of the transmission route of hepatitis B is distorted, resulting in the society including some medical institutions or doctors that hepatitis B is an infectious disease in the digestive tract.
On June 1 this year, many people rejoiced at the promulgation and implementation of the Food Safety Law, but hepatitis B virus carriers were disappointed, because the law followed the statement in the Food Hygiene Law that people suffering from digestive tract infectious diseases such as dysentery, typhoid fever and viral hepatitis were not allowed to engage in direct food intake. Although the relevant person in charge of the Food Safety Comprehensive Coordination and Health Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Health publicly stated that hepatitis A and hepatitis E patients in viral hepatitis could not engage in the production and operation of directly imported food, and hepatitis B virus carriers did not affect the production and operation of food. However, people did not get a clear answer in the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law (Draft)" published for comments.
On July 24th, the Regulations on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law was officially announced, which brought surprises to hepatitis B virus carriers. Article 23 of the Regulations stipulates that food producers and business operators should adjust their workers who are exposed to direct food to other jobs that do not affect food safety if they suffer from digestive tract infectious diseases such as dysentery, typhoid fever, viral hepatitis A and viral hepatitis E, and diseases that hinder food safety such as active tuberculosis, suppurative or exudative skin diseases. Celebration posts appeared quickly on the Internet, such as "The food and catering industry has finally opened its doors to 21 million hepatitis B virus carriers", "Hepatitis B virus carriers can also get health certificates" and "Effectively protect the equal employment rights of hepatitis B virus carriers" ...
The relevant personnel of the Policy and Regulation Department of the Ministry of Health said that all patients with diseases or virus carriers clearly listed in the Regulations for the Implementation of the Food Safety Law are not allowed to engage in direct food intake. The expression of the law uses "infectious diseases of digestive tract" and "diseases that hinder food safety". These two words also leave room for amending relevant provisions in the future, because with the deepening of people's understanding of diseases and the discovery of new diseases, the scope of restrictions may also be dynamically adjusted.
The person in charge of the Food Safety Coordination and Health Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Health said that the latest statements about diseases such as viral hepatitis have been demonstrated by experts from relevant disease control, laws and regulations. On the basis of the Food Safety Law, the "Regulations" added a sentence that "food producers and operators should adjust them to other jobs that do not affect food safety", which further guaranteed the employment equality rights of relevant workers.
So you can apply for a health certificate.
I hope to adopt it.