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1) The document outlines hygiene guidelines for employees at Digital Packaging Innovations Limited to minimize contamination as they supply food packaging. 2) It details standards for personal hygiene including handwashing, attire including protective clothing and hair restraints, reporting illness, and first aid procedures. 3) The guidelines also address smoking, eating, use of glass and sharps, waste disposal, and contamination reporting to ensure high hygiene practices are followed.

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Dpi Hygiene Code of Conduct

1) The document outlines hygiene guidelines for employees at Digital Packaging Innovations Limited to minimize contamination as they supply food packaging. 2) It details standards for personal hygiene including handwashing, attire including protective clothing and hair restraints, reporting illness, and first aid procedures. 3) The guidelines also address smoking, eating, use of glass and sharps, waste disposal, and contamination reporting to ensure high hygiene practices are followed.

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DIGITAL PACKAGING INNOVATIONS HOLDINGS

LIMITED
DEPARTMENT: TITLE: REF:
Quality / Food Safety Hygiene Code of Practice DPI-WI-HR- HYCDPT

EFFECTIVE DATE: ISSUE/REV: SUPERSEDES: Page:


1st February 2021 01/00 None 1 of 4

Introduction

The highest standards of cleanliness, personal hygiene and housekeeping are required at
Digital Packaging Innovation Limited as we supply ‘direct contact’ packaging to the Food
Industries. Our products must be protected in order to minimize the sale of contaminated
product to the public.

This document is issued as a guide into the type of practices that are required in our modern
food packaging manufacturing facility.

It is important that ALL personnel employed on this site and any visitors are made aware of
their responsibilities and follow the guidelines below.

(A) Personal Hygiene:


1. All personnel should present themselves for work at all times in a clean tidy fashion
with a high standard of personal cleanliness.
2. Maintain short, clean, and polish-free fingernails. No artificial nails and eyelashes are
permitted in the food production area.
3. The excessive wearing of strong after-shave or perfume is not allowed nor the use of
perfumed hand cream.
4. Wash hands (including under fingernails) and up to forearms vigorously and thoroughly
using the antibacterial hand wash at the hand wash basins.

Hand washing should always be carried out:

 When entering the facility before work begins.


 As often as necessary during production.
 When contamination occurs.
 In the restroom after toilet use and when you return to your work station.
 After touching face, nose, hair, or any other body part, and after sneezing or
coughing.
 After cleaning duties.
 Between each task performed and before wearing disposable gloves.
 After smoking, eating, or drinking.
 Any other time an unsanitary task has been performed – i.e. taking out garbage,
handling cleaning chemicals, wiping machine, picking up raw material or finished
goods.
5. In production the following unhygienic habits are forbidden:
 Spitting
 Scratching your head.
 Scratching or picking spots.
 Picking your nose.
 Coughing or sneezing on product.
 Coughing or sneezing into hands and then handling product without at first
washing/wiping hands.
 Using wash basin for washing anything except hands and forearms.
6. Use the provided emergency showers in the right manner and at the right time.
7. No button closures for overalls instead should have string fasteners.
8. The company will provide laundry services once a week and every employee should
hand in their PPE’s every Friday evening to the HR.
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(B) Proper Attire:


1. All personnel entering the factory for any reason must wear the appropriate
protective clothing and Footwear which is provided by the company. Protective
clothing must be clean, worn in the correct manner, and kept in a good state of
repair. Jumpers, cardigans etc. if worn should be on the inside of the protective
garments and fully covered.
2. Wear disposable gloves with any cuts, sores, rashes, or lesions. Wear gloves when
handling ready-to-eat foods that will not be heat-treated again. Gloves should be
worn when serving food.
3. Change disposable gloves as often as hand washing is required. Wash hands before
donning and after discarding gloves.
4. Protective clothing should be kept on the premises, changed at least weekly and
must not be worn to and from work.
5. Protective clothing when changed should be placed into lockers or the appropriate
receptacle.

(C) Hair Restraints and Jewellery:


1. Wear a hair net or bonnet at the production area so that all hair is completely
covered.
2. Keep beards and moustaches neat and trimmed. Beard restraints are required in
any food production area.
3. Refrain from wearing jewellery in the food packaging production area.
 Only a plain wedding band is permitted.
 No necklaces, watches, cuff links, bracelets, or dangling jewellery are
permitted.
 No earrings or piercings that can be removed are permitted.

(D) Medical:
Report any flu-like symptoms, diarrhoea, body sores, boils and/or vomiting to the unit
supervisor. Employees with these symptoms will be sent home with the exception of
symptoms from a non-infectious condition; employees could be re-assigned to activities
so that there is no risk of transmitting a disease through food. Instance.
Cuts, Abrasions, and Burns:
1. Bandage any cut, abrasion, or burn that has broken the skin.
2. Cover bandages on hands with gloves or finger cots, and change as appropriate.
3. Inform HR of all wounds.

It is the responsibility of Management to decide what action is required on the Reported


cases.

(E) First Aid:

1. Any employees who cuts or injures themselves at work must report to a first aider
immediately.

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2. Clean wounds should be covered with a ‘blue metal detectable plaster’ by a first
aider.
3. Personnel arriving at work with unprescribed wound dressing shall have it checked
and, if necessary, replaced by a first aider.
4. Any loss of plaster dressing must be reported to Management immediately.
5. All accidents must be recorded in the accident book as soon as possible.

(F) Smoking, eating, and gum chewing:


1. Smoke only in designated areas. No smoking or chewing of tobacco shall occur
inside production facilities.
2. Cigarette ends must always be placed in the receptacles provided and not stubbed
onto the floor where they can be taken into the factory on the soles of shoes.
3. Eat and drink in designated areas only. A closed beverage container may be used in
the production area.
4. Refrain from chewing gum or eating candy during work in a food production area.

HR will; Ensure all employees are following proper hygiene requirements when they
report to work and Follow up as necessary.

(G) Glass/Bottles/Ceramics/brittle Plastic

1. Glass, china, bottles, ceramics or brittle plastic of any description must not be brought
onto the production floor due to the seriousness of product contamination if a breakage
should occur.
2. If for any reason there is a breakage the matter must be immediately reported to
Management.
(See incident reporting procedures / glass policy).

(I) Knives/Sharps

1. Personnel must take care of any knife / razor blades / sharps issued to them. Sharps
must never be lent to other personnel.
2. Personnel must not take their knife off the premises, under any circumstances
3. Any loss or damage to the knife or knife blade must be reported immediately to
Management.
(See incident reporting procedures / sharp object policy).

(J) Stationery

1. Drawing pins, staples, rubber bands, paper clips, pins are not allowed in the factory.
2. Cello tape or red tape must not be used on machines or to attach notices. Any notices
should be laminated and attached with double-sided sticky tape or a bulldog clip.

(K) Contamination

1. Waste materials should be placed in the proper waste receptacles provided and not left
lying around the factory. A ‘clean as you go’ policy should be adopted.
2. The use of any materials likely to cause product contamination in the production areas
of the factory, e.g. staples in boxes, should be brought to the attention of the
Management.

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3. It is the responsibility of every employee to immediately report to Management the


discovery of contamination in any area of the manufacturing facility that constitutes a
risk to product and / or personnel. (See Contamination Incident Reporting procedure).
4. If for any reason an employee feels that contaminated product may have been
dispatched to customer(s) they must report the incident to a member of Management
immediately.

(L) Plant Maintenance


1. No welding, riveting, drilling or soldering is to be carried out on plant, which is being
used for production.
2. Any part of the factory where construction work is being carried out should be screened
off to prevent risk of product contamination.
3. On completion of maintenance or construction work the area must be cleaned
thoroughly and debris disposed of.

(K) Factory Tour/Visits

1. It is the responsibility of any member of staff accompanying a visitor around the factory
to ensure that they are correctly attired and follow the company hygiene rules.
2. All visitors should be informed that there are potential hazards in the factory and asked
to exercise care, and caution, bearing in mind:
 That they should not touch and keep loose clothing clear of moving machinery.
 That they should not touch any materials in use.
 That strict hygiene rules apply in the factory and no smoking is allowed except
in permitted areas.
 That noise levels in some areas of the factory may be high and ear protection is
available.

The various points mentioned in this document should not be considered exhaustive and
everyone is asked to help reduce the slightest risk of product contamination.

Everyone is asked to be on the alert at all times and ask for help from members of Management
if they have any concern over any matter relating to hygiene.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions of Hygiene Code of Conduct.

I _________________________________________ of ID No. ______________________ having read and


understood the above terms and conditions pertaining to Hygiene Code of Conduct, do hereby
accept the said conditions.

____________________________ _____________________
Signature Date

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