Hand Hygiene for Food Handlers
Hand hygiene information, research, and guidelines for food handlers.
Guidelines:
- Hand Hygiene in Retail & Food Service Establishments
FDA responds to the CDC Hand Hygiene guideline and suggests appropriate use of alcohol hand rubs and traditional hand washing in food service. Attention: Non-MDH link
Hand washing and the food code:
- Hand Washing- Minnesota Food Code Fact Sheet
Safe Food is Good Business fact sheet from the Minnesota Food Code.
- Estado de Minnesota - Hoja Informativa del Código de Alimentos
Hand Washing and the food code, the Safe Food is Good Business fact sheet from the Minnesota Food Code in Spanish.
Hand washing print materials for food handlers:
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“Hand Washing is the single most important means of preventing the spread of infection”
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Hand Hygiene Print Materials
Signs, posters, brochures, manuals, curricula, and other hand hygiene materials that you can print and use.
Clean Your Hands! Poster
This 11x17 poster shows the six steps for washing hands with soap and water or two for cleaning with alcohol-based hand sanitizers.
Note:If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer. Wash your hands with soap and water when your hands are visibly soiled.
Food handlers in restaurants, schools, delis and grocery stores must wash their hands with soap and water before applying hand sanitizers. [Minn Rules Chap. 4626.0070 - 4626.0085] See Hand Hygiene for Food Handlers for more information.
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