Failure to Ensure Proper Facial Hair Restraint During Food Service
Penalty
Summary
A deficiency was identified when a Food Service Worker (FSW) was repeatedly observed serving and handling food with a facial hair cover positioned below the level of his lips, leaving his moustache uncovered. This occurred on multiple occasions over two days, including while plating food for multiple residents, retrieving food, and transporting food on a cart. The facility's Uniform Dress Code policy, last revised on 01/24/25, requires all associates working with food to wear approved hair restraints and to restrain all facial hair with a beard net or restraint. An interview with another dietary staff member confirmed that dietary staff are expected to wear hair and beard nets while working with food. These observations indicated that food was not distributed under sanitary conditions as required by facility policy.