(1) CLEANLINESS AND
SANITATION; GENERAL.
(a) Within a dairy
plant, access to processing areas shall be restricted to dairy plant employees
and other authorized personnel.
(b)
Persons who handle or process dairy products shall maintain a high degree of
personal cleanliness, and shall observe good hygienic practices during all
working periods.
(c) Persons who
handle or process dairy products shall thoroughly wash their hands before
beginning work and before returning to work after using toilet facilities,
eating, smoking, or engaging in other activities that may contaminate their
hands.
(d) A person with a
discharging or infected lesion on a hand or arm may not handle or process
unpackaged dairy products without appropriate sanitary protection. Appropriate
sanitary protection shall include any of the following:
1. An impermeable bandage on the
lesion.
2. Single-use sanitary
gloves or, if the lesion is on the arm, a full sleeved garment with tight
fitting cuffs.
(e) A
person who handles or processes dairy products shall keep his or her
fingernails clean and neatly trimmed and shall not wear fingernail polish
unless he or she wears sanitary gloves at all times when working.
(f) No person exhibiting reportable symptoms
of communicable disease, as defined in ch. ATCP 75 Appendix, 2-201.11 (A) (1),
or who has received a reportable diagnosis of communicable disease as defined
in ch. ATCP 75 Appendix, 2-201.11 (A) (2) may work in a dairy plant in any
capacity that may contaminate dairy products.
(2) CLOTHING AND JEWELRY.
(a) Whenever any person is in a processing
area or is engaged in handling unpackaged milk or dairy products, that person
shall wear clean, washable outer garments and an effective hair restraint,
including an effective hair restraint for any beard longer than 1/2 inch. Hair
restraints may include hair nets, caps, and snoods, but do not include
hairsprays, visors, or headbands.
(b) No person may wear any jewelry while
working in a processing area or handling unpackaged dairy products. This
paragraph does not apply to plain band wedding rings or medical alert necklaces
worn under garments and secured by adhesive tape to the inside of
undergarments.
(3)
CONSUMPTION OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES, AND USE OF TOBACCO. No person may consume
food or beverages, or use tobacco in any processing area or in any area where
dairy processing equipment, utensils, or packaging materials are cleaned or
stored. Employees may not consume food or beverages or use tobacco except in
designated areas that are separated from food storage or processing areas. This
subsection does not prohibit a sanitary water fountain in a processing area,
nor does it prohibit on-line quality control sampling and organoleptic
evaluation according to written quality control procedures established by the
dairy plant operator.
