1. Good Hygiene Practices
Personal Hygiene in Food Production

2. Slide 2 Personal Hygiene in Food Production
Without personal hygiene there is no food safety
Must focus on personnel inside the kitchen
 personal cleanliness
 illness
 behaviour

3. Slide 3 Personal Hygiene in Food Production
A healthy human is covered with microorganisms
on hair (incl. beards
and mustaches)
in the nose
in the mouth
on the skin
under the nails

4. Slide 4 Personal Hygiene in Food Production
Washing hands is the most important food
poisoning prevention
Washing hands the right way only requires three elements:
 running water,
 soap, and
 something to dry hands with.
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

5. Slide 5 Personal Hygiene in Food Production
Hands need to be washed regularly
and immediately
 before working with food
 after using toilet
 after handling rubbish/waste
 after smoking, coughing, sneezing, using tissue, eating,
drinking, smoking
 after touching hair or scalp or mouth

6. Slide 6 Personal Hygiene in Food Production
Change gloves as often as you should wash your hands!

7. Slide 7 Personal Hygiene in Food Production
A special dress code is required for EVERYONE
who enters a kitchen
cover hair
cover beards
no jewelry
clean protective clothing
clean shoes
EVERYONE:
 food handlers
 visitors
 management
 contractors
 auditors

8. Slide 8 Personal Hygiene in Food Production
Hygiene management of personnel starts from
day one checking to employee
Ask about:
 last illness with diarrhea or vomiting
 skin trouble anywhere on body
 discharges from eye, ear, mouth
 digestion problems
 Any medical history.