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DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 106500-119406›PART 7. CALIFORNIA RETAIL FOOD CODE 113700-114437›CHAPTER 3. Management and Personnel 113945-113978›ARTICLE 4. Handwashing 113952-113961

§ 113953.1

California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A handwashing facility shall be clean, unobstructed, and accessible at all times for employee use.

(b) A handwashing facility shall not be used for purposes other than handwashing.

(c) Employees shall not clean their hands in a sink used for food preparation, warewashing, or in a service sink or a curbed cleaning facility used for the disposal of mop water and similar liquid waste.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), a warewashing sink may be used for handwashing as specified in Section 114125.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

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