SECTIONS 113967-113971 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 113967-113971

113967. No employee shall commit any act that may cause the
contamination or adulteration of food, food-contact surfaces, or
utensils.

113968. Food employees shall keep their fingernails trimmed, filed,
and maintained so the edges and surfaces are cleanable and not
rough.

113969. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), all food
employees preparing, serving, or handling food or utensils shall wear
hair restraints, such as hats, hair coverings, or nets, which are
designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting
nonprepackaged food, clean equipment, utensils, linens, and unwrapped
single-use articles.
(b) This section does not apply to food employees, such as counter
staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or prepackaged foods,
hostesses, and wait staff, if they present a minimal risk of
contaminating nonprepackaged food, clean equipment, utensils, linens,
and unwrapped single-use articles.

113971. Food employees shall wear clean outer clothing to prevent
contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use
articles.