 How long should you scrub your hands and
arms?
 How long should the entire hand washing
take?
 Describe how to properly wash your hands.
 Personal cleanliness:
Shower or bathe
before work!
 Hair restraints: Wear a clean hat or other hair
restraint when in a prep area. Keep hands out
of hair and hair out of food!
 Wear clean clothing everyday!
 If possible, change into work clothes at work.
 Remove aprons when leaving prep areas for
any reason.
 Remove jewelry from hands and arms before
prepping food or when working around prep
areas.
 Rings, except for plain band
 Bracelets, including medical
bracelets
 Watches
 Your company may also require you to
remove other jewelry such as earrings,
necklaces, and facial jewelry.
 DO NOT
 Eat
 Drink
 Chew gum or tobacco
 When prepping or serving food
 Working in prep areas
 Working in areas used to clean utensils and
equipment.
 Use only designated areas
 If you must taste the food during prepping, it
should be placed in a separate dish and
tasted with a clean utensil.
 Staff must be REQUIRED to report when they
are sick.
 When food handlers are sick they may need
to be restricted or excluded. (Handout)

Good personal hygiene practices chapt. 4

  • 2.
     How longshould you scrub your hands and arms?  How long should the entire hand washing take?  Describe how to properly wash your hands.
  • 3.
     Personal cleanliness: Showeror bathe before work!
  • 4.
     Hair restraints:Wear a clean hat or other hair restraint when in a prep area. Keep hands out of hair and hair out of food!
  • 5.
     Wear cleanclothing everyday!  If possible, change into work clothes at work.
  • 6.
     Remove apronswhen leaving prep areas for any reason.
  • 7.
     Remove jewelryfrom hands and arms before prepping food or when working around prep areas.  Rings, except for plain band  Bracelets, including medical bracelets  Watches
  • 8.
     Your companymay also require you to remove other jewelry such as earrings, necklaces, and facial jewelry.
  • 9.
     DO NOT Eat  Drink  Chew gum or tobacco  When prepping or serving food  Working in prep areas  Working in areas used to clean utensils and equipment.  Use only designated areas
  • 10.
     If youmust taste the food during prepping, it should be placed in a separate dish and tasted with a clean utensil.
  • 11.
     Staff mustbe REQUIRED to report when they are sick.  When food handlers are sick they may need to be restricted or excluded. (Handout)