SATISFACTORY COMPLIANCE FOR HEALTH AND HYGIENE PRACTICES

Health and hygiene practices of personnel shall be considered satisfactory when the following conditions are met: A. personnel wear clean, washable, light-colored outer working garments; B. personnel wear suitable head coverings; C. personnel do not wear fingernail polish or costume jewelry; D. gloves are kept in a sanitary condition; E. clothing, shoes, boots, and other personal effects are not stored in processing rooms; F. production employees keep their hands clean and fingernails trimmed and clean; they wash their hands before starting to work and again after each interruption; G. personnel having infected wounds, sores, or boils on their hands, arms, or other exposed portions of the body are excluded from contacting ingredients, products, or product contact surfaces; and H. personnel affected with or carriers of communicable or infectious diseases are excluded from all product areas.