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Ping to some California Freepers and a few who might travel through California.

News of a fatal respiratory illness in a restaurant worker in Malibu made me wonder about all State and local laws concerning restaurants.

There is no State law requiring food handlers to have a TB test. There is only an advisory which includes an option for low-cost or free TB testing:

Tuberculosis and Food Establishments

The Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Control Program, offers tuberculosis testing and treatment to all persons residing in Los Angeles County at a low cost or for free.

Public health officials have been concerned with the increasing numbers of tuberculosis (TB) cases. Officials hope to decrease the number of TB cases in Los Angeles County by educating the public about the disease, the use of screening tests, and the treatment of cases. One group that is targeted are food workers.

Tuberculosis is not transmitted to patrons through food; however, like any other work place, infectious food handlers may transmit their disease to fellow workers.

TB is caused by a bacterium that in most people remains inactive for years following first infection. In this stage a person harbors the organism in the lung but is not contagious. This is why testing for TB is important. TB may become active and cause a destructive disease of the lungs. In this active stage, a person shows symptoms and can spread the disease.

A worker with active tuberculosis can spread the disease by sneezing or coughing, which are TB's most common symptoms. Daily exposures to an infectious person on the job increases risk of transmission of the disease.

The Department of Health Services, Public Health Programs and Services, offers tuberculosis testing and treatment to all persons residing in Los Angeles County at a low cost or for free.

Public health officials ask that food establishment owners or operators have their employees tested for TB since the disease is curable with proper treatment. For additional information regarding this disease, contact the Los Angeles County Tuberculosis Control Program at (213) 744-6160.

Health Advisory Tuberculosis and Food Establishments

There is a law for food handlers/restaurant workers requiring them to have a California Food Handler Card which shows that they have taken a food handling safety course.

"You will have to take a basic food safety training course with a score of 70 percent or better. The food handler may obtain a California Food Handler Card..."

PDF file-CALIFORNIA FOOD HANDLER CARD LAW EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2012

From an earlier story:

"Authorities said the man was covered, from head to toe, in blood."

March 19, 2012: Deputies: Motive Still Unknown In Murder Of Man Outside Popular Malibu Restaurant

March 18, 2012: Man Shot And Killed Outside Popular Malibu Eatery

I appreciate the heads up.

Tuberculosis was all but eradicated in the United States prior to the 1990s. Strangely about the time they decided to open our borders to anyone wishing to live here, incidences of Tuberculosis rose.

This isn’t an attempt to lay all of this at the feet of illegal immigrants, because we had people coming in from all over that were positive for tuberculosis. I know because one such individual came to work in my department, and caused about fifty people there to test positive for the first time in their lives.

My grandmother died of Tuberculosis.

Now while the government goes through SOME motions to assure us everything is okay, they continue to allow too many people to enter our nation.

We are being flooded with terrorist leaning people, people with diseases we shouldn’t be allowing in, and of course the ever present illegal immigrant.

Go about your business citizens. Nothing to see here, move along...