Minnesota Administrative Rules

1550.1530 SATISFACTORY COMPLIANCE FOR HEALTH AND HYGIENE PRACTICES.

Health and hygiene practices of personnel shall be considered satisfactory when the following conditions are met:

A.

personnel wear clean, washable, light-colored outer working garments;

B.

personnel wear suitable head coverings;

C.

personnel do not wear fingernail polish or costume jewelry;

D.

gloves are kept in a sanitary condition;

E.

clothing, shoes, boots, and other personal effects are not stored in processing rooms;

F.

production employees keep their hands clean and fingernails trimmed and clean; they wash their hands before starting to work and again after each interruption;

G.

personnel having infected wounds, sores, or boils on their hands, arms, or other exposed portions of the body are excluded from contacting ingredients, products, or product contact surfaces; and

H.

personnel affected with or carriers of communicable or infectious diseases are excluded from all product areas.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.10; 31.77

Published Electronically:

September 23, 2013