State of Florida

Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Division of Hotels and Restaurants
ALTERNATIVE OPERATING
PROCEDURE (AOP)
For Allowing Barehand Contact with Ready-to-Eat (RE! Food
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ype of Esta)lishment0 Permanent Seating Restaurant ("um)er of seats0 ! Permanent with "o Seats
Catering -FD1 heme Par2 Food Cart emporary Food Ser+ice
o0 he Di+ision of #otels and Restaurants
& am su)mitting this written Alternati+e 'perating Procedure (A'P! )ecause & desire to ha+e )are hand contact with
ready-to-eat (RE! food in my pu)lic food ser+ice esta)lishment,
he following is a description of the standard procedures and policies & will use to operate my )usiness in order to
protect the health and safety of the pu)lic,
REUIRE!ENT
Specific wor2 station(s! where )are hand contact occurs (E,g,* coo2line* salad prep ta)le!
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

REUIRE!ENT
Specific employee positions conducting )are hand contact (E,g,* line coo2* salad prep wor2er!
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

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Alternati+e 'perating Procedure
REUIRE!ENT
Food preparation processes where )are hand contact is used (E,g,* placing toppings on pi;;a* assem)ling salads*
garnishing plates* placing condiments on hot sandwiches!
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

REUIRE!ENT
E/plain how cross contamination will )e pre+ented (E,g,* wor2er will not change acti+ities without washing and
saniti;ing hands* raw meat will not )e handled without glo+es!,
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

REUIRE!ENT
E/plain how management will monitor employee hand washing practices,
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

REUIRE!ENT
E/plain how management will monitor the health status of employees,
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

REUIRE!ENT
E/plain how management will monitor employee adherence to the pro+isions of the A'P,
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

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REUIRE!ENT
E/plain the correcti+e actions that management will ta2e if the A'P is not followed,
PROPO"ED PROCEDURE

TRAINING
%es "o Professional hygiene training is pro+ided to all identified employees
%es "o Employee training documentation is maintained on the premises
HAND #A"HING $ HAND #A"H "IN%"
%es "o Accessi)le hand washing sin2s are installed in all areas necessary
%es "o All hand washing sin2s are pro+ided with soap* hand drying de+ices and hand wash signs
%es "o #and saniti;er is pro+ided and used after proper hand washing
%es "o All hand washing sin2s are pro+ided with water that reaches as least 844F
#RITTEN PROCEDURE" $ ANNUAL REVIE#
%es "o <ritten procedures will )e a+aila)le at all times in the esta)lishment and made a+aila)le for re+iew
upon re=uest
%es "o Documentation will )e a+aila)le indicating the procedure is re+iewed annually
RULE" AND REGULATION"
%es "o & agree that all employees* including the operator* manager* or any super+isory position* who handle
ready-to-eat foods with )are hands must comply with all re=uirements of the Food Code and the
esta)lishment>s written alternati+e operating procedures,
%es "o & understand that if an employee is o)ser+ed using )are hands to handle ready-to-eat foods and the
esta)lishment has failed to maintain or ma2e a+aila)le the written alternati+e operating procedure?
or* comply with any rule re=uirement related to the use of )are hands* personal health* or
professional hygiene* the di+ision will cite the esta)lishment for noncompliance, "oncompliance on
a second inspection within two years of the first infraction will result in enforcement action, A further
finding of noncompliance will result in enforcement action and enforcement of no )are hand contact
with ready-to-eat food until the esta)lishment operator +erifies correcti+e action and completes
remedial training of all food preparation employees,
%es "o & understand that if the di+ision or other food regulatory authority is notified of a suspected food)orne
illness out)rea2* the di+ision may temporarily suspend the alternati+e operating procedure and
enforce no )are hand contact of ready-to-eat food until a determination is made )y the health
authority whether a food)orne illness out)rea2 e/ists or until the origin of the food)orne illness
out)rea2 is confirmed,
Additional information attached
DBPR Form #R 3455-467 Page @ of 6
98C-6,484* FAC www,-yFlorida(icense,com:d)pr:hr 5447 'cto)er 83
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I&'ortant Note0 &mproper hand washing can increase the spread of infectious diseases, he Centers for Disease
Control (CDC! estimates nationally that food)orne illness 2ills 3*444 people a year and 3 million more )ecome ill,
CDC estimates that 5@ million cases of acute gastroenteritis are due to noro+irus infection* and it is now thought that
at least 34A of all food)orne out)rea2s of gastroenteritis can )e attri)uted to noro+iruses, Strict hand washing after
using the )athroom and )efore handling food items is important in pre+enting the spread of this +irus,
"U(!ITTED ()
& understand that & must operate my )usiness according to these operating procedures each day the esta)lishment is in
operation,
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Alternative O'eratin* Pro+edures are not transfera,le
-or Division Use Onl.
APPROVAL
Alternati+e 'perating Procedure Appro+ed Denied (See Comments!
CO!!ENT"

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