Sanitary requirements for employees.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 21-65
in effect§ 21-65. - Sanitary requirements for employees.
(a) Employees to maintain cleanliness. Every person in charge of a food manufacturing or sales establishment, and all employees thereof, shall keep themselves in a clean condition and clean clothes.
(b) Tobacco and gum prohibited. No smoking, chewing of tobacco, or chewing gum shall be permitted in food manufacturing or processing rooms.
(c) Spitting prohibited. No operator, employee, or other person shall spit on the floor or side walls of any building, room, basement, or cellar where the production, manufacture, packing, storing, preparation, or sale of any food is conducted.
(d) Hands to be washed before handling food. Before beginning work and after using the toilet room, operators, employees, and other persons who handle materials from which food is prepared or who handle utensils or equipment which may be used in the preparation of the finished food product shall wash their hands and arms thoroughly in clean water.
(Code 1970, §§ 16-23(e), 16-29; Code 1980, § 21-65)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH21FOBE_ARTIIIFOHAESGE_DIV1RE_S21-65SAREEMFetched: 10/28/2026