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§ 20-205 — Personal hygiene

Houston Code of Ordinances (Supp. No. 93, Update 2: codified through Ordinance No. 2026-0732, adopted Aug. 19, 2026) · Houston Code of Ordinances § 20-205

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Sec. 20-205. - Personal hygiene.

(a) Employees shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and shall conform to good hygienic practices while engaged in handling foods or food-contact surfaces, utensils or equipment. (b) Employees shall thoroughly wash their hands with soap and warm water immediately prior to engaging in any vending machine servicing operation which may bring them into contact with food, or with food-contact surfaces of utensils, containers or equipment. While engaging in such servicing operations, employees shall wear clean outer garments, shall not use tobacco in any form and shall keep their fingernails clean and trimmed.

(Code 1968, § 19-605; Ord. No. 83-744, § 1, 5-17-83; Ord. No. 07-1051, §§ 3, 6(Exh. B), 9-12-07)