New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 2100 - BEVERAGES AND BOTTLED WATER
Part He-P 2103 - BEVERAGE AND BOTTLED WATER FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS
Section He-P 2103.12 - Personnel

(a) All employees shall be adequately trained and monitored by responsible supervisory personnel with regards to proper food handling procedures and the danger of poor personal hygiene and unsanitary practices.

(b) Any person who, by medical examination or supervisory observation, is shown to have, or appears to have, an illness, open lesion, including boils, sores or infected wounds, or any other abnormal source of microbial contamination by which there is a reasonable possibility of the beverage, product water, product contact surfaces, or containers or closures becoming contaminated, shall be excluded from any operations which might be expected to result in such contamination until the condition is corrected.

(c) Personnel shall report any such health conditions, described in (b) above, to their supervisors.

(d) Employees shall maintain good personal hygiene to prevent contamination.

(e) Employees shall thoroughly wash their hands and the exposed portions of their arms in an adequate hand washing facility before starting work, after each absence from the work station, and at any other time when the hands might have become soiled or contaminated.

(f) Employees shall refrain from eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages, or using tobacco in areas where beverages or water are processed, packaged, or stored.

(g) Employees shall wear clean outer clothing.

(h) Employees shall wear, in an effective manner, hair nets, caps, beard covers, or other effective hair restraints.

(i) Employees shall remove all unsecured jewelry or other objects that might fall into equipment, or containers.

(j) Gloves, if used, shall:

(k) Employees shall store all clothing or other personal belongings in areas other than where the beverages or water are processed, bottled, and stored.

(l) Employees shall take all precautions necessary to avoid the contamination of the beverages product water, product contact surfaces, containers, and closures with microorganisms or foreign substances that include perspiration, hair, tobacco, chemicals, medicines applied to the skin, and any other microorganisms and foreign substances.