Food, a facility or a container must not be handled by a person-
(a) whose hands or clothes are not clean;
(b) whose fingernails are not short, trimmed, clean and free from any adornment;
(c) who has not washed his or her hands thoroughly with soap and water or cleaned them in another effective manner-
(i) immediately prior to the commencement of each work shift;
(ii) at the beginning of the day’s work or after a rest period;
(iii) after every visit to a latrine or urinal;
(iv) every time he or she has blown his or her nose or after his or her hands have been in contact with perspiration or with his or her hair, nose or mouth;
(v) after handling a handkerchief, money or a refuse container or refuse;
(vi) after handling raw vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat or fish and before handling ready-to-use food;
(vii) after he or she has smoked or used tobacco in any form or on return to the food premises;
(viii) after handling a non-prepacked foodstuff classified as a common allergen where the contamination can result in the cross contamination of other food not associated with common allergens; or
(ix) after his or her hands have become soiled or contaminated for any other reason.
