Singapore legislation
Regulation 23
Regulation 23
Personal cleanliness
Subregulation 1
Every person who is engaged in the sale or preparation for sale of food shall not during such sale or preparation —
handle with his bare hands any cooked food but shall use a clean fork, tongs, scoop or other suitable implement, or wear clean gloves;
apply his fingers to his mouth, eye, ear, nose or scalp;
use his breath to open any bag or wrapper;
wipe his hands on his clothing or with any other material other than a clean towel;
place, so that it can come into contact with food for sale, any substance, material or article which is unclean or likely to contaminate such food or which has been in contact with his mouth;
cough, spit, sneeze or expel mucus from his nose; and
smoke, or use tobacco or snuff or any other preparation or chew tobacco or betel nuts.
Subregulation 2
Every person who is engaged in the sale or preparation for sale of food shall —
wear clean attire and keep his body clean;
protect or cover with water-proof dressing any open cut or lesion or graze on his hand;
keep his finger nails clean and short; and
upon every occasion before commencing such sale or preparation, or after visiting any urinal, water closet or other similar convenience and before resuming such sale or preparation wash his hands thoroughly with soap and clean water.