# Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the european parliament and of the council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs, Chapter VIII: Personal hygiene

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1.. Every person working in a food-handling area is to maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and is to wear suitable, clean and, where necessary, protective clothing.
2.. No person suffering from, or being a carrier of a disease likely to be transmitted through food or afflicted, for example, with infected wounds, skin infections, sores or diarrhoea is to be permitted to handle food or enter any food-handling area in any capacity if there is any likelihood of direct or indirect contamination. Any person so affected and employed in a food business and who is likely to come into contact with food is to report immediately the illness or symptoms, and if possible their causes, to the food business operator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/852/annex/II/chapter/VIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-852/annex-II/chapter-VIII
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