Section 438.034 - Employee Cleanliness(a) A person handling food or unsealed food containers shall: (1) maintain personal cleanliness;(2) wear clean outer garments;(3) keep the person's hands clean; and(4) wash the person's hands and exposed portions of the person's arms with soap and water: (A) before starting work;(B) during work as often as necessary to avoid cross-contaminating food; and(C) to maintain cleanliness, after smoking, eating, and each visit to the toilet.(b) A person handling food or unsealed food containers may not contact with bare hands exposed ready-to-eat food unless: (1) documentation is maintained at the food service establishment listing the foods and food handling activities that involve bare-hand contact; and(2) the food service establishment uses two or more of the following contamination control measures:(A) requiring employees to perform double hand washing;(B) requiring employees to use fingernail brushes while hand washing;(C) requiring employees to use a hand sanitizer after hand washing;(D) implementing an incentive program that encourages employees not to come to work when ill; and(E) any other contamination control measure approved by the regulatory authority.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.034
Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 926, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1068, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1997. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.