PERSONAL HYGIENE in HACCP
PERSONAL HYGIENE in HACCP
Clause 7
1 HEALTH STATUS
People known, or suspected, to be suffering from, or to be a carrier of a disease or illness likely to be transmitted through food, should not be allowed to enter any food handling area if there is a likelihood of their contaminating food. Any person so affected should immediately report illness or symptoms of illness to the management.
Medical examination of a food handler should be carried out if clinically or epidemiologically indicated.
2 ILLNESS AND INJURIES
Conditions which should be reported to management so that any need for medical examination and/or possible exclusion from food handling can be considered, include:
• jaundice;
• diarrhoea;
• vomiting;
• fever;
• sore throat with fever;
• visibly infected skin lesions (boils, cuts, etc.);
• discharges from the ear, eye or nose.
3 PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
Food handlers should maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and, where appropriate, wear suitable protective clothing, head covering, and footwear. Cuts and wounds, where personnel are permitted to continue working, should be covered by suitable waterproof dressings.
Personnel should always wash their hands when personal cleanliness may affect food safety, for example:
• at the start of food handling activities;
• immediately after using the toilet; and
• after handling raw food or any contaminated material, where this could result in contamination of other food items; they should avoid handling ready-to-eat food, where appropriate.
4 PERSONAL BEHAVIOUR
People engaged in food handling activities should refrain from behaviour which could result in contamination of food, for example:
• smoking;
• spitting;
• chewing or eating;
• sneezing or coughing over unprotected food.
Personal effects such as jewellery, watches, pins or other items should not be worn or brought into food handling areas if they pose a threat to the safety and suitability of food.
5 VISITORS
Visitors to food manufacturing, processing or handling areas should, where appropriate, wear protective clothing and adhere to the other personal hygiene provisions in this section.
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