FOOD SAFETY AND HYGIENE PRACTICES

Bathe before reporting to duty.

Wash your hands before having contact with any food item.

Keep facial hair neat and controlled. 

Kitchen staff should wear hairnets or hats.

Fingernails should be cut short, kept clean and free of nail polish. 

Use clean clothes for each shift and change when necessary.

Inform your supervisor immediately if you are suffering from any communicable disease.

Use face towels to wipe sweat.

Cover cuts and sores on hands and fingers with waterproof dressing and bandages. Make sure to inform your supervisor about this.

Use disposable gloves if appropriate.

Do not touch cooked or ready-to-eat food with your bare hands.

Do not wear your uniform in other public places before coming to work or after work.

Do not smoke in any food area.

Do not spit in any food area.

Do not touch your face and hair after washing your hands.

If you have any communicable disease, do not report to duty until having secured a certificate from a doctor stating you have been cleared to work with food.

Do not use the same container when refilling the food.