Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 113967. Section 113967.
No employee shall commit any act that may cause the contamination or adulteration of food, food-contact surfaces, or utensils.
ARTICLE 5. Personal Cleanliness [113967. - 113971.]
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 5.
in effectCal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 113968. Section 113968.
Food employees shall keep their fingernails trimmed, filed, and maintained so the edges and surfaces are cleanable and not rough.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 113969. Section 113969.
(a)
Except as specified in subdivision (b), all food employees preparing, serving, or handling food or utensils shall wear hair restraints, such as hats, hair coverings, or nets, which are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting nonprepackaged food, clean equipment, utensils, linens, and unwrapped single-use articles.
(b)
This section does not apply to food employees, such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or prepackaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff, if they present a minimal risk of contaminating nonprepackaged food, clean equipment, utensils, linens, and unwrapped single-use articles.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 113971. Section 113971.
Food employees shall wear clean outer clothing to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles.
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