It’s OK, he’s wearing oven mitts

The Edmonton Sun reports Adam Duerr got salmonella from his girlfriend.

An inspector with Capital Health visited Duerr while working at his food service gig at The Italian Bakery in April and told them Duerr could not return to work until getting two negative tests for the bacteria.

He went back to work anyway.

When confronted by a health inspector,  Renato Frattin, an owner-manager of the bakery, told the inspector the worker wore oven mitts while removing loaves of bread from the oven and placing them on cooling racks.

Frattin and Duerr were both fined $1,150 in court yesterday after pleading to the same charge.

Yes, people will abuse the system, but sick employees should stay at home.

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