food handlers
Meal preparation staff
Food handlers are workers who prepare, process, serve, or otherwise come into contact with food in professional settings.
The term appears most often in health codes and workplace regulations: All food handlers must wash their hands before returning to work.
Restaurants, cafeterias, food processing plants, and catering services employ food handlers at various skill levels, from dishwashers to line cooks.
- kitchenFood preparation room
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- hair netMesh cap for strands
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- rubber glovesWaterproof hand coverings
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- food safetycontamination, cross contamination, cross-contamination, sanitization, sanitation
- hospitality workersservers, waiters, hostess, hosts, bartenders
- vaccine recipientsbabies, children, infants, newborns, toddlers