WI 4-9-14-3 Lockers, Jewellery and Consumption of Food

Lockers

All street clothes shall be neatly stored in lockers provided. Any clean work clothes / hairnets not worn during the day must be stored separately from street clothes and shoes / other personal items, and returned to the laundry at the end of production.
Disposable work gloves, armlets or cut proof gloves MUST NOT be stored in the locker. These are available at entry to the processing floor.
Food and drink can only be placed temporarily in lockers in enclosed container to ensure they do not contaminate any work equipment.
Work equipment, knives, scabbards, steels, aprons and work boots stored in the locker at the end of production must be visibly clean. This includes the underside of work boots
Work equipment should not be placed in or together with work boots
Lockers must be free of dirty work clothing. Dirty work clothes are to be returned to laundry bins provided at the laundry store at the end of the operator’s day.
Employees shall present lockers for inspection upon request by QA staff and authorised persons. Lockers may be checked at any time for hygienic compliance with this instruction.
Meat handlers are to store personal effects, clothing and work implements when they are not in use to ensure they do not contaminate meat and meat products.
Lockers should be emptied each Friday.

Jewellery, Cosmetics

All jewellery including jewellery with stones, watches, sleepers – keeper studs shall be removed before entering a processing area. Rings and studs in exposed parts of the body such as ears, noses, tongues and eyebrows shall not be worn.`
Watches shall not be worn.
Difficult to remove wedding bands must be covered with an impervious dressing or glove that will changed at work *breaks or as required
Nail polish, heavily scented hand cream or cosmetics that could contaminate prescribed products shall be removed prior to entry to a processing area. Excessive perfume or aftershave shall not be worn. Fingernails are to be kept short, clean and unvarnished. False fingernails and nail art are not permitted.
Religious jewellery and medical alert tags are not to be worn. Any issues with this may be must be communicated to the OH & S Manager.

Consumption of Food and Drink

Food and drink and confectionary shall only be consumed in designated areas, which are segregated away from food handling and storage ares.
Drinking shall be permitted from approved drink dispensers (bubblers) provided in processing areas location does not present risk to product.
Smoking is only permitted in the specially designated areas. Smoking is strictly prohibited in any other area of the plant.

All Company Personnel, agency staff, contractors and visitors must comply