To ensure personal cleanliness, one must understand what must be done to prevent any bacteria or germs in invading the food.
1. Hand washing
Hands must be washed as hands are the direct tools used to handle the food. Hands should be washed:
At the start of food handling activities
After visiting the restroom
After handling raw food, before ready-to-eat food.
2. Protective clothing
These protective clothing is to ensure that germs will not be able to pass from clothes to food.
However, if not properly stored, it could be a source of contamination itself, due to the button fibers, dirt, etc.
It is the company’s responsibility to check that the clothing is stored under clean, hygienic conditions, and cleaned regularly.
Hair is also pose a danger to personal hygiene as the hair may fall into the food, therefore hairnets or hats are usually provided.
3. Injury exposure
When one is injured, it is the company’s responsibility to ensure that it is fully covered.
If injuries are not covered, there can be a risk that it might drop to the food and lead to food poisoning.
Even if injuries have been covered, one must be relieved of their duties till deemed as fit to go back.
4. illnesses
When one is sick, one should report to the management.
As if one is found to be a carrier of disease or illness, there is a high chance that it can be transmitted to the food. One should carry out a medical examination
5. Personal belongings.
Items such as jewelry, watches, pins should be taken off before entering food handling area.
There items can pose a danger as they harbor dirt and bacteria, that can be transmitted to the food itself.
6.Personal Behavior
Behavior must be self restricted if it could result in contamination of food.
E.g. Smoking, spitting, chewing, sneezing, coughing openly, licking of fingers and biting of fingernails.
For handwashing, it's good that if you could describe how to wash your hands properly. Since you have said that washings hands are so important as they are your direct tools, it would be great to show how to wash your hands properly. And whether detergent, hand soap or sanitizer should be used, and the steps too. And may i know how does not covering the injuries, the injuries will go into the food? I thought it will be just contamination from the wound. And if you could descibe what should be used to cover the wound or injury would be great, like using detectable plasters. And what's the use of it. And i think that after covering the wound, the person should wear gloves to handle the food, as salads are ready-to-eat food. Yes, as one is found sick, he/she should go see a doctor to get a medical examination. However, I think that the person should also be immediately asked to go home and stop doing what's he doing in the salad bar.
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Michelle: A good description of telling us the practices to ensure personal cleanliness. However, under the hand washing part, you can also mention that we should wash hands after pciking up things on the floor and after touching your face, for example, rubbing your nose. As for protective clothing, you should also mention that this protective clothing is not allow to wear outside kitchen or wear for other outings. If not the protective clothing will be contaminated from outside and thus, transfer to the food.
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