Section ATCP 65.26 - Personnel; sanitation standards(1) CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION; GENERAL. (a) Within a dairy plant, access to processing areas shall be restricted to dairy plant employees and other authorized personnel.(b) Persons who handle or process dairy products shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness, and shall observe good hygienic practices during all working periods.(c) Persons who handle or process dairy products shall thoroughly wash their hands before beginning work and before returning to work after using toilet facilities, eating, smoking, or engaging in other activities that may contaminate their hands.(d) A person with a discharging or infected lesion on a hand or arm may not handle or process unpackaged dairy products without appropriate sanitary protection. Appropriate sanitary protection shall include any of the following: 1. An impermeable bandage on the lesion.2. Single-use sanitary gloves or, if the lesion is on the arm, a full sleeved garment with tight fitting cuffs.(e) A person who handles or processes dairy products shall keep his or her fingernails clean and neatly trimmed and shall not wear fingernail polish unless he or she wears sanitary gloves at all times when working.(f) No person exhibiting reportable symptoms of communicable disease, as defined in ch. ATCP 75 Appendix, 2-201.11 (A) (1), or who has received a reportable diagnosis of communicable disease as defined in ch. ATCP 75 Appendix, 2-201.11 (A) (2) may work in a dairy plant in any capacity that may contaminate dairy products.(2) CLOTHING AND JEWELRY. (a) Whenever any person is in a processing area or is engaged in handling unpackaged milk or dairy products, that person shall wear clean, washable outer garments and an effective hair restraint, including an effective hair restraint for any beard longer than 1/2 inch. Hair restraints may include hair nets, caps, and snoods, but do not include hairsprays, visors, or headbands.(b) No person may wear any jewelry while working in a processing area or handling unpackaged dairy products. This paragraph does not apply to plain band wedding rings or medical alert necklaces worn under garments and secured by adhesive tape to the inside of undergarments.(3) CONSUMPTION OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES, AND USE OF TOBACCO. No person may consume food or beverages, or use tobacco in any processing area or in any area where dairy processing equipment, utensils, or packaging materials are cleaned or stored. Employees may not consume food or beverages or use tobacco except in designated areas that are separated from food storage or processing areas. This subsection does not prohibit a sanitary water fountain in a processing area, nor does it prohibit on-line quality control sampling and organoleptic evaluation according to written quality control procedures established by the dairy plant operator.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection § ATCP 65.26
Adopted by, CR 14-073: cr. Register August 2016 No. 728, eff. 9-1-16; correction in (1) (f) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2016 No. 728, eff. 9/1/2016Amended by, correction in (1) (f) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register January 2017 No. 733, eff. 2/1/2017