408.1 Persons working in direct contact with food, equipment, utensils, food-contact surfaces, or food-packaging materials shall not eat, drink, chew gum, or use any form of tobacco, except in designated areas where food, food processing equipment, utensils, food-contact surfaces or food-packing materials are not exposed, and where equipment or utensils are not washed or stored.

408.2 All persons working in direct contact with food, equipment, utensils, food-contact surfaces, or food-packaging materials shall take all necessary precautions to protect against the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, food-contact surfaces, or food-packaging materials with microorganisms or foreign substances including, but not limited to, the following:

1. (a) Perspiration;
2. (b) Hair;
3. (c) Cosmetics;
4. (d) Tobacco;
5. (e) Chemicals; or
6. (f) Medicines applied to the skin.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).