Section 25-B402. HANDS AND ARMS - WHEN TO WASH*

 

402.1Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms as specified in section 401 immediately before working in direct contact with food, equipment, utensils, food-contact surfaces, or food-packaging materials, and:

 

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

 

(b)After using the toilet room;

 

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

 

(d)After handling soiled surfaces, equipment, or utensils;

 

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

 

(f)After each absence from the work station;

 

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

 

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

 

(i)Before donning gloves for working with food; and

 

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

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).