Health and Safety Code section 112015

Employees and others who handle the material from which food is prepared or the finished product shall before beginning work and immediately after visiting a toilet or lavatory, wash their hands and arms thoroughly in clean water.

Source: Section 112015, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=112015. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jul. 13, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_112015

Original Source: Section 112015, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=112015. (last accessed May 12, 2025).