Food preparation hygiene

• Wear clean clothes and maintain a high standard of personal cleanliness.
• Wash your hands using correct handwashing procedures before preparing and serving food and as necessary to keep your hands free of dirt, germs, and body fluids.
• Also keep your hands clean while handling food-contact surfaces, dishes, and utensils.
• Do not prepare or serve food while ill with a communicable disease or with uncovered hand or skin lesions.  If you have skin lesions on your hands, you should wear gloves while involved with food.
• Keep your hair covered with a hairnet or cap while preparing food.
• Wash your hands every time you touch your face, nose, or mouth.
• Wash your hands every time you cough or sneeze.