OBSERVE PERSONAL HYGIENE AND GOOD GROOMING.pptx

personal hygiene

1. OBSERVE PERSONAL HYGIENE AND GOOD GROOMING

2. Health Status. People known, or suspected, to be suffering from, or to be a carrier of a disease should not be allowed to enter any food handling area. Medical examination of a food handler should be carried out, if clinically or epidemiologically indicated. Illnesses and Injuries. The following conditions should be reported to the management so that any afflicted persons need to subject themselves to medical examination and be excluded from handling food

3. Diseases of the respiratory tract, such as common cold, sore throat, pneumonia, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and trench mouth. Respiratory tract infections spread microorganisms such as staphylococci, which are indigenous to portions of the respiratory tract.

4. b. Intestinal disorders, such as dysentery, typhoid fever and infectious hepatitis. People suffering from intestinal disorders usually shed a lot of intestinal bacteria such as Shigella , Salmonella, etc. which may be transmitted to food by dirty hands. A person suffering from salmonellosis for example, may shed as many as 10 cells per gram of feces , during illness (ICMSF,1988).

5. Processor’s Outfit as Part of Personal Hygiene Apron Hairnet Hand Towels Gloves

6. Personal effects such as jewelry , pins or other items should not be worn or brought into food handling areas if they pose a threat to the safety and suitability of food. Visitors in food manufacturing, processing or handling areas should, where appropriate, wear protective clothing and adhere to the other personal hygiene provisions.

7. Entrance and Exit in a Workplace 1. All entrances and exits must be provided with screened doors swinging outward. 2. Signs of entrance and exit must be posted in corresponding areas. 3. Some organizations require thorough washing of hand and foot bath before entry into a work area. 4. Wear appropriate work outfit before entry. Deposit them at designated areas upon exit from the place.