Failure to Ensure Dietary Staff Wore Hairnets During Food Preparation
Penalty
Summary
Dietary staff failed to wear hairnets while preparing and serving food in the kitchen, as observed on multiple occasions. One staff member was seen preparing and serving food without a hairnet, and the Kitchen Account Manager also entered the kitchen without wearing a hairnet. During interviews, both the cook and the Kitchen Account Manager acknowledged that hairnets should be worn by all kitchen staff when working in the kitchen. The Administrator confirmed that all staff, not just kitchen staff, are required to wear hairnets when entering the kitchen and crossing the marked yellow line, and that kitchen staff should wear hairnets at all times while working in the kitchen. These actions and inactions resulted in the failure to prepare and serve food under sanitary conditions, affecting all 120 residents listed on the census.