Section 160. When to wash

Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms as specified under 2VAC5-585-140 immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles^P and:

1. After touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean, exposed portions of arms;^P

2. After using the toilet room;^P

3. After caring for or handling service animals or aquatic animals as allowed under 2VAC5-585-250 B;^P

4. Except as specified in 2VAC5-585-220 B, after coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using tobacco, eating, or drinking;^P

5. After handling soiled equipment or utensils;^P

6. During food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing tasks;^P

7. When switching between working with raw food and working with ready-to-eat food;^P

8. Before donning gloves to initiate a task that involves working with food;^P and

9. After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands.^P

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 24, Issue 02, eff. October 16, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. July 12, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-5121 of the Code of Virginia.