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Posted By Ian Stone
Heres another one for you:
I have just taken a phonecall from a concerned parent, who is worried about our chefs sitting outside on walls haveing a quiet smoke and then going back into the kitchens, she is concerned about food safety as the walls are part of the flower beds.
Im sure this came up on the borad a while back but cant find it.
What do people think?
Thanks
Ian
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Posted By Jim Walker
Ian,
This has nothing to do with your question, but I noticed the other day that the national Motorcycle museum has burnt down. Evidently, £19M worth of rare bikes were destroyed.
Cause - folks having a quite smoke out the back and nowhere to dispose their butts.
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Posted By michael rickwood
I work for a large confectionery company,we have designated areas outside of the buildings to cater for smokers.the hygiene policy is no one is allowed ouside of production areas or buildings whilst wearing overalls,hair nets, hats or company issue safety footwear, this ensures that there is no risk of contamination on overalls etc, returning back into production areas they have to conform with the hygiene regime, hand wash / don overalls etc
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Posted By Bill Elliott
Your parent is right to be concerned. This is a practice that should not be allowed to continue. One of the basic principles of food safety is avoiding cross contamination. Everything that is likely to come into contact with food, that includes the staff and their clothing, should be the subject of risk assessment or HACCP (Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points). The critical control point in this case is the clothing and personal hygiene of the staff. The legal requirement "Every person working in a food handling area shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and shall wear suitable, clean and ,where appropriate, protective clothing". Regulation 4 places the onus on the proprietor to ensure these requirements are met. The good practice guide says " staff.....should not travel to their place of work in their protective clothing. They should also remove protective clothing if they leave the premises for other reasons, for example to smoke"
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