Section 25-A402. HANDS AND ARMS - WHEN TO WASH

 

402.1Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms as specified in § 401 immediately before working in direct contact with food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles, P and:

(a)After touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean,  exposed portions of arms; P

 

(b)After using the toilet room; P 

 

(c)After caring for or handling aquatic animals as specified in § 503.2; P

 

(d)After coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using  tobacco, eating, or drinking; P

 

(e)After handling soiled surfaces, equipment, or utensils; P 

 

(f)During food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and  contamination and to prevent cross-contamination when changing tasks; P 

 

(g)After each absence from the work station; P

 

(h)Immediately before touching ready-to-eat food or food-contact surfaces; P 

 

(i)When switching between working with raw food and working with ready  to-eat food; P

 

(j)Before donning gloves for working with food; P and

 

(k)After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands. P

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002 and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6218 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).