Section 12275 - Personal Hygiene(a) The employees of the establishment who handle any food product shall keep their hands clean; and, after visiting the toilet room or urinals, shall wash their hands before handling any food product or implement used in the preparation of the product.(b) Outer clothing and gloves worn by persons who handle any food product shall be clean and of material that can be readily cleaned.(c) Such practices as spitting on the floor and using empty cans, jars, or other containers as drinking cups, or for purposes other than those originally intended, are forbidden.(d) Care shall be taken to prevent the contamination of food products with perspiration, hair, cosmetics, medicaments and the like. Adequate head coverings must be worn by all men and women while engaged in the preparation or handling of any food product.(e) Smoking by any person shall not be permitted while preparing or handling any food product or while handling empty cans, jars, lids, barrels, drums or other receptacles used for food products.(f) The use of fingernail polish by any person preparing, processing, or handling any food product without gloves whereby the product might become contaminated, is prohibited.(g) No clothing, shoes, boots, aprons, etc. shall be kept or stored in any area where any food product is prepared, processed, or handled; except, in or on facilities specifically provided for this purpose.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 12275
1. Editorial correction of section heading and new NOTE filed 7-3-84 (Register 84, No. 27). Note: Authority cited: Section 208, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 28282(d), 28291 and 28293, Health and Safety Code.
1. Editorial correction of section heading and new NOTE filed 7-3-84 (Register 84, No. 27).