---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 507.14"
title: "21"
number: "507.14"
heading: "Personnel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/507.14"
---

# §507.14. Personnel.

- (a) The management of the establishment must take reasonable measures and precautions to ensure that all persons working in direct contact with animal food, animal food-contact surfaces, and animal food-packaging materials conform to hygienic practices to the extent necessary to protect against the contamination of animal food.
- (b) **The methods for conforming to hygienic practices and maintaining cleanliness include—**
  - (1) Maintaining adequate personal cleanliness;
  - (2) Washing hands thoroughly in an adequate hand-washing facility as necessary and appropriate to protect against contamination;
  - (3) Removing or securing jewelry and other objects that might fall into animal food, equipment, or containers;
  - (4) Storing clothing or other personal belongings in areas other than where animal food is exposed or where equipment or utensils are cleaned; and
  - (5) Taking any other necessary precautions to protect against the contamination of animal food, animal food-contact surfaces, or animal food-packaging materials.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 343, 350d note, 350g, 350g note, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 243, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 56337, Sept. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.