Lecture 5: Personal habits of food handlers

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A. Food Safety and H.A.C.C.P.4. Staff Hygiene
Rules
5. Personal habits of food handlers
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Personal habits (part I)

• Inside food preparation areas, food handlers
  should refrain from performing the following
  behaviours which may result in food
  contamination 
• (i) smoking or using tobacco (ii)
  spitting (iii) chewing, eating, sneezing or
  coughing over unprotected food or food contact
  surfaces 

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Personal habits (part II)

• (iv) touching ready-to-eat foods with bare
  hands(v) sitting, lying or standing on any
  surface liable to come into contact with
  food(vi) tasting food with fingers (vii)
  touching hair or other parts of bodies such as
  noses, eyes or ears.

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Personal habits (part III)

• When sneezing or coughing inside food preparation
  area is unavoidable, food handlers should turn
  away from food and cover their noses and mouths
  with tissue paper or handkerchiefs.
• Hands should then be thoroughly cleaned at once.

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Bad Habits of Food Handlers
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Bad habits of food handlers
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Food Handler Training (part I)

• All personnel involved in food businesses should
  be aware of their role and responsibility in
  protecting food from contamination or
  deterioration. They should
• (a) put the health and safety of customers first
  and regard this as a social responsibility

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Food Handler Training (part II)

• (b) familiarize with the standards and
  requirements stipulated in the law and those
  promulgated by the Government, and strict
  observance is necessary to foster a strong sense
  of hygiene

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Food Handler Training (part III)

• (c) study and adopt the best hygiene practices
  in food handling
• (d) exercise constant care and vigilance in
  supervising the preparation, production, handling
  and serving of food
• (e) constantly improve the hygiene standards of
  their food premises.

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Summary of 5th Lecture

• Personal habits of food handlers
• Bad habits of food handlers
• Food handler training