Failure to Ensure Proper Use of Hair Restraints in Kitchen
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to comply with professional standards for food service safety by not ensuring that all dietary staff wore appropriate hair restraints while working in the kitchen. Specifically, during an observation in the kitchen, a dietary aide was seen working with uncovered facial hair, which was in direct violation of the facility's dietary operations policy requiring hair and beard restraints. This observation was confirmed by the Dietary Director, who acknowledged that the staff member should have been wearing a beard restraint as per policy.