Mar 25, 2026
Routine
12B - personal cleanliness
Regulation: 511-6-1.03(5)(j) - hair restraints (c)
Observed food employees preparing food and beverages without proper hair restraints.
511-6-1.03(5)(j) - Hair Restraints (C) (i) Hair Restraints.
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Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair including beards and mustaches longer than one half inch.
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This does not apply to employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food, clean utensils and linens and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.