Personal Hygiene

What should be worn by a food handler when handling food?

When should food handlers remove their aprons?

When is it acceptable for staff to drink beverages near food or food contact surfaces?

What are some examples of accidental contamination?

What example does ServSafe give for meeting the FDA recommendation for “staff health controls”?

What procedures should a food service operation establish to meet the FDA’s recommendation for “staff health controls”?

When equipment or an area is designated, it is used for a specific purpose. What equipment or area should have a defined purpose in your operation?

What is the most essential part of personal hygiene?

Which is true about aprons?

Why are food handlers not allowed to wear jewelry when prepping food or in food prep areas?

What items should food handlers not wear when prepping food or in food prep areas?

Why is personal cleanliness essential to prevent the contamination of food?

Besides single-use gloves, what else should be worn when handling food or working in prep areas?

Why is a smooth, plain band the only ring that can be worn when working with or near food?

Food handlers should not wear hair accessories because they can get into food and become physical contaminants. What’s the only kind of hair accessory that should be worn?

Food handlers should remove their aprons any time they leave the prep area. When do aprons need to be removed and stored?

How can food handlers keep their hair from falling into food and onto food-contact surfaces?

Staff may drink from a correctly covered container. How is a container covered correctly?

How can food handlers be prevented from contaminating food by wearing dirty clothes that carry pathogens?

Dirty clothing may carry pathogens that can cause foodborne illnesses. How can a food handler wearing dirty clothes contaminate food?

How can food become contaminated by bare-hand contact?

How can you avoid contaminating your hands after washing them?

Some jurisdictions allow employees to drink from a covered container in food prep areas as long as they avoid contaminating surfaces. How should the container be covered?

What are the Big Six Pathogens?

When are servers allowed to wear jewelry?

Why must staff remove jewelry from their hands and arms before prepping food or when working around prep areas?

What are some examples of the type of jewelry that your company may not allow staff to wear?

Remove jewelry from hands and arms before prepping food or when working around prep areas. Food handlers cannot wear any of the following: • Rings (except for a plain band)
• Bracelets (including medical bracelets)
• Watches
Your company may also require you to remove other types of jewelry. Include earrings, necklaces, and facial jewelry.

When do food handlers need to remove these types of jewelry?
• Watches
• Earrings
• Necklaces
• Facial jewelry • Rings (except for a plain band)
• Bracelets (including medical bracelets)

When is it acceptable to wipe your hands on your apron?

What do food handlers need to do with their aprons at these times?
• Before using the restroom • Before taking out the trash
• Before leaving food prep areas

Where is the best place for staff to change into their work clothes when possible?

Why should staff wear clean clothing daily and change dirty uniforms and aprons?

What do food handlers with facial hair need to wear?

Why are staff not allowed to wear false eyelashes?

What is the only kind of hair accessory that staff should wear?

Staff should only wear hair accessories if it will help them avoid touching their hair or prevent it from falling into food. Why shouldn’t you allow other kinds of hair accessories?

Why must staff wear a clean hat or a hair restraint in food-prep areas?

Staff beverage containers must be covered with a lid to prevent contamination of these:
• Their hands
• The beverage container
• Food, utensils, and equipment
What does the lid need to include?

Staff should not eat, drink, smoke, or chew gum or tobacco while prepping or serving food. What areas of the operation should these activities be banned?

Where should employees eat, drink, smoke, or chew gum and tobacco?

What can be transferred to someone’s hands while eating, drinking, smoking, or chewing gum and tobacco?

What can saliva contain that causes foodborne illnesses?

A dress code should be set up in your operation to prevent pathogens from being transferred from clothing to food. How can you ensure the dress code works?

Dirty clothing can carry pathogens that cause foodborne illnesses. How can these pathogens be transferred to food?

What does dirty clothing carry that can cause foodborne illness?

What training does your staff need if your jurisdiction allows bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food?

Why do food handlers with nail polish need to wear single-use gloves?

Why do food handlers with false fingernails need to wear single-use gloves?

What can a food handler wear if they also wear single-use gloves?

Why is a smooth plain band the only kind of ring that can be worn?

Hands should NOT be washed in which sink?