Personal Hygienic Practices for Feed Personnel

Hygienic Practices and Maintaining Personal Cleanliness

The presentation (see link below) addresses FSMA requirements related to preventing and protecting against the contamination of animal food, animal food-contact surfaces, or animal food-packaging materials by explaining best practices related to:

(1) Maintaining adequate personal cleanliness;

(2) Washing hands thoroughly in an adequate hand-washing facility as necessary and appropriate to protect against contamination;

(3) Removing or securing jewelry and other objects that might fall into animal food, equipment, or containers;

(4) Storing clothing or other personal belongings in areas other than where animal food is exposed or where equipment or utensils are cleaned; and

(5) Taking any other necessary precautions

View the Presentation

Hygienic Practices in Feed Manufacturing (Presentation|PDF with notes)

Review the following resources:

Handwashing

• Handwashing Steps Using WHO Technique (From Johns Hopkins University)
  
• A Guide to Washing your Hands (From Australian Institute of Food Safety)
  
• Good Practices for the Feed Industry - Good Production Practices
  
• Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives (CDC)
  
• Is Hand Sanitizer or Hand Washing Better at Disinfecting?
  
• Handwashing by World Health Organization
• Hand Hygiene: Handwashing and Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers
• Proper Hand Washing: A Vital Food Safety Step
• A guide to washing your hands - Poster
• Clean Hands Poster (WHO)

Handwashing SOPs

• https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_317.pdf
• http://waukegan.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hand-Washing-SOP.pdf  

Hygiene Policies

• Retail Food Protection: Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook (FDA)
• Standard Operating Procedures for Producing Safe Food

CGMP Rules and Regulations

• CVM GFI #235 Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Food for Animals (Guidance Document)
  
• CFR 21 Part 507 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals

Hygienic Practices Resources

• Manual of Good Practices for the Feed Industry
  
• Personal hygiene for food handlers
• Retail Food Protection: Employee Health a nd Personal Hygiene Handbook (FDA)
• A Food Handlers Guide to Personal Hygiene (Australian Institute of Food Safety)
• Personal hygiene for food handlers (Victoria State Government)
• Standard Operating Procedures for Producing Safe Food (University of Minnesota Extension)