Food handlers’ personal hygiene practices and cleanliness must minimize the risk of food
Contamination.
The most important things food handlers need to know are that they must:
Do whatever is reasonable to prevent their body, anything from their body or anything they are wearing, coming into contact with food or food contact surfaces;
Do whatever is reasonable to stop unnecessary contact with ready-to-eat food;
Wear clean outer clothing, depending on the type of work they do;
Make sure bandages or dressings on any exposed parts of the body are covered with a
waterproof covering;
Do not eat over unprotected food or surfaces likely to come in contact with food;
Do not sneeze, blow or cough over unprotected food or surfaces likely to come into contact with food;
Do not spit or smoke where food is handled; and
Do not urinate or defecate except in a toilet.
