Laboratory Coats

Clean laboratory coats should be worn in the food processing area. The coat should be fully buttoned. Nothing should be kept in the top pockets. Laboratory coats must be removed before eating, using the restroom, or going outside of the building. Shorts or skirts should not be allowed.

Beard Nets

Beard nets must be worn if mustache hair is below the corners of the mouth, or beard hair is longer than 1/8th inch.

Hairnets

Hairnet must be worn in the food processing area and must cover both ears. It would be useful to have visitors wear a different color hairnet than employees.

Jewelry

No jewelry should be worn within the food processing area, including but not limited to facial/tongue piercings, watches, earrings, necklaces. Exceptions might be plain wedding bands that are easily clean, and medical alert.

Shoes

All people wearing outside shoes must walk through the sanitizing footbath before entering the food processing area or shoe covers must be worn. In all cases no sandals, high heels or open-toed shoes should be worn.

Earplugs

These should be available and worn in high noise areas, such as the kitchen, dishroom and other.

Hand Washing

Hands should be washed before entering a food processing area. This should be when first entering, after using the restroom, handling trash, removing itesm from or coming in contact with the floor, coughing, sneezing, and after handling raw materials. There should be hand sanitizers available in many areas in the plant.

Fingernails

Gloves should be required if a visitor or employee wears false nails or nail polish.

Drinking, Eating

Drinking, eating and chewing (food, gum, and tobacco) should be prohibited in the food processing area, except when specifically authorized. Such exceptions might be chefs required to taste product and/or sensory panels.

Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2007.