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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 438.034

EMPLOYEE CLEANLINESS

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.