Food Safety Preventive Controls (FSPC) Training Curriculum



Employee Health and Hygiene Practices Supplemental InformationA5.1 Infectious Disease Policy EXAMPLEThis model Infectious Disease Policy is offered to facilitate creating a company policy. No specific format or content is required by the Produce Safety Rule. This example can be edited to develop an operation specific policy.Infectious Disease Policy -EXAMPLEPage X of YOperation Name: XXX Sprout CompanyIssue Date:02/10/2017Address: 123 Sprouter Road, Yourtown, USASupersedes:01/17/2017XXX Sprouting Company is committed to food safety and maintains the following policy regarding employees and all visitors with infectious diseases. All employees are required to notify XXX (phone # xxx-xx-xxxx) if diagnosed with an infectious disease such as but not limited to: Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7 or other pathogenic strains, Giardia, Cryptosporidium parvum, norovirus, hepatitis and other enteric viruses. Visitors must also notify the company if they are diagnosed with an infectious disease within a few weeks of visiting.Employees or visitors who experience sudden, bloody or extreme diarrhea, vomiting, jaundice, sore throat with fever, or uncovered infected cuts or burns on hands or wrists are excluded from direct contact with food or food contact surfaces by the supervisor and may not return to those positions until the symptoms resolve or the employee or visitor is released by a physician, as appropriate to the symptoms.If any product or food contact surface is accidentally contaminated with blood or other bodily fluid the supervisor is notified immediately so the product can be disposed of and affected surfaces cleaned and sanitized before re-use.A5.2 Sanitary Practice ExamplesGood sanitary practices must be applied to sprout production operations. Visitors and service personnel must follow the Visitor Policy (see next document). This example includes information that is offered to facilitate effective implementation of such a policy. The Produce Safety Rule does not require any specific format. This example may be used to develop an operation-specific procedure. Details are provided for illustrative purposes and are not necessarily required by the rule.Example Procedures:Remove earrings, watches, necklaces, bracelets or any piercings on the face, tongue or other exposed parts of the body. Plain wedding bands may be worn. No other rings are allowed.Hairnets (and beard guard if needed) are worn. Hairnets must cover all hair including the temple area and will be worn while working except in management offices. This includes the cooler and all storage areas.A lab coat or apron is worn to protect product. No tank tops or sleeveless shirts may be worn. Coats must be worn and snapped to the top to cover body hair and clothing with buttons or other objects that may come loose. Clothing with glitter is not allowed, even under a lab coat. If necessary, a lab coat will be worn under an apron. Personal items may not be kept in lab coat pockets.Gloves must be worn in production area. Gloves are discarded if contaminated with trash or floor contact; when switching between raw material and finished product; after handling allergens and as necessary to prevent cross-contamination. Hands/gloves are not sanitized in chlorine solutions intended for equipment washing. Gloves are discarded upon leaving the production area. Employees getting seed for soaks put on clean gloves and use sanitizer before handling seed. Gloves are discarded before re-entry into production.Change or cover shoes before entering the production area. Non-skid footwear is required in production areas. No sandals, thongs or clog type shoes are allowed. The company supplies non-skid rubber boots to employees. If an employee is unable to wear them, they may supply their own footwear and provide documentation that the footwear is non-skid. This footwear, along with the company supplied footwear, must be dedicated for use at this facility and may not be removed from the property.Visitors and contractors wear shoe covers, which are put on in the changing room, worn only in production areas and discarded in the waste basket before leaving the production area.Sanitize hands before opening door to production area.After entering the packaging room, wash hands using soap and water then put on gloves, as appropriate. Working production personnel must put on clean gloves. All production footwear, aprons and lab coats are removed when leaving the production area for breaks, bathroom or supplies. Production personnel must wash after using the bathroom, after handling garbage or pallets or picking anything up off the floor; after touching the face or hair; before work, after break and after lunch; and as necessary to prevent contamination or cross-contamination. Protective clothing such as lab coats and aprons are changed/sanitized if contaminated with trash or floor contact; when switching between raw material and finished product; after handling allergens and as necessary to prevent cross-contamination. Lab coats and aprons are hung on a hook at the entrance when not being worn in the production area. Aprons other than disposable are washed in the designated area at the end of each day.Kleenex or handkerchief use is not allowed in the production areas.Band-Aids on exposed areas are blue and covered by plastic gloves or other covering.Workers must arrive at work clean and free of body odor. Facial hair must be covered with a beard guard.Workers’ fingernails are trimmed and clean. No fingernail polish or false fingernails are allowed. There is no smoking, drinking, eating (including product) or gum chewing in packaging/growing areas or in any other common work area. This includes cough drops and candy.Medicines/drugs may not be taken into any production area. This includes prescription and over the counter pills, liquids, creams, etc. Drugs are securely locked in a locker if required by an employee during working hours and the Line Supervisor is notified.A5.3 Visitor Policy ExampleThis model Visitor Policy is offered to facilitate creating a company policy. The Produce Safety Rule does not require any specific format or content. This example can be edited to develop an operation specific policy.Visitor Policy –EXAMPLEPage X of YOperation Name: XXX Sprout CompanyIssue Date:02/10/2017Address: 123 Sprouter Road, Yourtown, USASupersedes:01/17/2017All visitors must agree to abide by Federal Regulations governing the operation. Visitors must wear clean garments. Extra clothing must be left in the office and not taken into the production areas.Visitors must wear aprons or lab coat before entering the production area. No personal items should be kept in them.Shoes must be in good repair. Boots or shoe covers can be used as per company policy. No open toes.All visitors must wash hands with soap and warm water and sanitize their hands prior to handling sprouts or entering sprout production area.Visitors and service personnel also must wash hands after using the bathroom and as necessary to prevent contamination or cross-contamination. All visitors must wear effective hair restraints including hairnets, beard and mustache covers where applicable.All jewelry, including watches, must be removed when entering the production area.No food items, drugs or medicines of any kind are permitted in the production areas. Food may only be consumed in designated eating areas or outside the building.No smoking, drinking, chewing gum is allowed in the production areas. Tobacco is not permitted in the plant. Smoking is restricted to designated smoking areas.No visitors infected with any infectious or communicable disease, including boils, sores, infected wounds or any other affliction which may spread disease, may be in contact with sprouts. ................
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