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Tracey Chris has already mentioned some of this Quote from "Food Handlers: Fitness to Work FPA 2009" "Infected or injured skin Damaged skin or sores caused by injury or disease, e.g. boils and septic cuts, can become infected with bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, which can cause food poisoning. Symptoms of infection include scaling, weeping or discharge from lesions. It is usually acceptable to continue working with food as long as the infected area is completely covered, e.g. by use of a distinctively coloured, waterproof dressing. If an infected lesion cannot be effectively covered then the person should be excluded from any work likely to lead to the contamination of food. Lesions that may not be possible to cover adequately would include weeping lesions of the eyes, ears, mouth and gums." So if the ear is not currently discharging not sure there is an issue. ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH