Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 438.034
Employee Cleanliness
(a)
A person handling food or unsealed food containers shall:(1)
maintain personal cleanliness;(2)
wear clean outer garments;(3)
keep the person’s hands clean; and(4)
wash the person’s hands and exposed portions of the person’s arms with soap and water:(A)
before starting work;(B)
during work as often as necessary to avoid cross-contaminating food; and(C)
to maintain cleanliness, after smoking, eating, and each visit to the toilet.(b)
A person handling food or unsealed food containers may not contact with bare hands exposed ready-to-eat food unless:(1)
documentation is maintained at the food service establishment listing the foods and food handling activities that involve bare-hand contact; and(2)
the food service establishment uses two or more of the following contamination control measures:(A)
requiring employees to perform double hand washing;(B)
requiring employees to use fingernail brushes while hand washing;(C)
requiring employees to use a hand sanitizer after hand washing;(D)
implementing an incentive program that encourages employees not to come to work when ill; and(E)
any other contamination control measure approved by the regulatory authority.
Source:
Section 438.034 — Employee Cleanliness, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.438.htm#438.034 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
