BRCGS V9 -7.4- Protective clothing: staff or visitors to production areas

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• SOI<br>Suitable site-issued protective clothing shall be worn by staff, contractors or visitors working in or entering production areas.

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7.4.1 Protective clothing rules

• The company shall document and communicate to all staff (including agency and temporary personnel), contractors and visitors the rules regarding the wearing of protective clothing in specified work areas (e.g. production areas, storage areas).

• This shall also include policies relating to the wearing of protective clothing away from the production environment (e.g. removal before entering toilets, and use of canteen and smoking areas).

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7.4.2 Protective clothing musts

• Protective clothing shall be available that:

• is provided in sufficient numbers for each employee

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• is of suitable design to prevent contamination of the product (at a minimum containing no external pockets above the waist or sewn-on buttons)

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• fully contains all scalp hair to prevent product contamination

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• includes snoods for beards and moustaches, where required, to prevent product contamination.

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7.4.3 Protective clothing laundering

• Protective clothing shall be laundered by an approved contracted or in-house laundry using defined criteria to validate the effectiveness of the laundering process.

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• The laundry must operate procedures which ensure:

• adequate segregation between dirty and cleaned clothes

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• effective cleaning of the protective clothing

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• cleaned clothes are supplied protected from contamination until use (e.g. by the use of covers or bags).

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• Washing of protective clothing by the employee is exceptional but shall be acceptable where:

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• Do employees launder their own protective clothing?

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• the protective clothing is not used for product safety purposes; for example, it is used to protect the employee from the products handled

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• the protective clothing is worn in enclosed product or low-risk areas only.

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7.4.4 Frequency of changing protective clothing

• Protective clothing shall be changed at an appropriate frequency, based on risk.

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7.4.5 Gloves

• If gloves are used, they shall be replaced regularly.

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• Where appropriate, gloves shall be suitable for food use, of a disposable type, of a distinctive colour (blue where possible) and intact, and shall not shed loose fibres.

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7.4.6 Protective clothing that can not suitable for laundering

• Where items of protective clothing that are not suitable for laundering are provided (such as chain mail, gloves and aprons), these shall be cleaned and disinfected at a frequency based on risk.

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