(A) Employee Health. No person while infected with a disease in a communicable form that can be transmitted by foods or who is a carrier of organisms that cause such a disease or while affected with a boil, an infected wound, or an acute respiratory infection shall work in a food establishment in any capacity in which there is a likelihood of such person contaminating food or food contact surfaces with pathogenic organisms or transmitting disease to other persons.
(B) Personal Cleanliness. Employees shall thoroughly wash their hands and exposed portions of their arms with soap and warm water before starting work, during work as often as is necessary to keep them clean, after smoking, eating, or using the toilet, and after handling raw meat, raw poultry or raw seafood. Employees shall keep their fingernails trimmed and clean.
(C) Clothing.
(1) General.
(a) Employees shall wear clean outer clothing.
(b) Employees shall use effective hair restraints where necessary to prevent the contamination of food or food contact surfaces.
(D) Employee Practices.
(1) Employees shall consume food only in designated areas. An employee eating area shall not be so designated if consuming food there may result in contamination of other food, equipment, utensils, or other items needing protection.
(2) Employees shall not use tobacco in any form, while engaged in food handling operations, nor while in warewashing or food preparation areas. Employees shall use tobacco only in designated areas. An employee tobacco-use area shall not be designated for that purpose if the use of tobacco there may result in contamination of food, equipment, utensils or other items needing protection.
(3) When food is being manipulated by hand during a preparation process, all hand jewelry, which cannot be adequately sanitized, and all insecure jewelry shall be removed.
(4) Employees shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and shall conform to good hygienic practices during all working periods.
('74 Code, § 6-26-3) (Ord. 70-1978; Am. Ord. 10-1988; Am. Ord. 2022-027)