The document discusses hygienic aspects of water bottling, including necessary measures to guarantee safety and prevent contamination, such as good manufacturing practices and hygienic attitudes and habits. It emphasizes the importance of frequent and proper hand washing, using liquid soap and hot water and rubbing hands thoroughly, as hands can spread bacteria and viruses. Hand washing should occur after activities that risk contamination as well as after using facilities, smoking, eating or touching external objects.

1. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Food and water bottling-related hygiene

2. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
•Necessary measures to guarantee safety and healthiness of foodstuff
•Prevention of any negative alteration of food and food-related toxic-infections
Foodstuff related hygiene

3. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Good Manufacturing Practices
HYGIENIC ATTITUDES AND HABITS
Washing hands habitude
Clean working clothes
Do not cough or sneeze over food
Do not wear jewels
Do not comb or scratch the hair
Hair under a cap
Do not pick up sweat with the hands
Short and clean nails
Do not taste food with the fingers
Do not smoke
Do not eat, chew gum or similar

4. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Smoking is forbidden inside the facilities and not counselled outside

5. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Transmission of organisms by saliva particles: indirect pollution through air

6. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Washing hands: how to do it?

7. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
•Priority: use of liquid bactericide soap
•Correct distribution of soap
•Use hot water, opens skin pores
•Use soap in hands and wrist
•Brush all nails, especially at the beginning of the working day (every handler/person its own brush)
•Take it easy: you need time for the entire procedure. Rub hands one with the other and carefully and scrupulously the fingers
•Rinse with cool water: closes the pores of the skin
•Dry with paper towels (disposable)
•All the needed for a good washing hands procedure must be available, including where to dispose the used towels (bin)
Washing hands

8. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Hands must be washed frequently, at least:
Always after any activity which can imply a hazard/risk of contamination
• Immediately before touching water bottles or related machinery
• When entering the manufacturing area
• After using the sanitary facilities
• After smoking (not counselled), eating, coughing…
• After touching money (notes or coins)
• After touching any external machinery, debris, oil, “special” devices (e.g. for killing insects)
• After touching animals or external people
When charging / recharging devices, goods (i.e. caps) in the water bottling facilities care must be taken with all the items which will contact water or skin during the bottling procedure
When washing hands?

9. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
You can see in the Petri dish the fingerprints (of the 5 fingers)
Clean hands?

10. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Washing hands

11. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Washing hands / not like in this place

12. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Posting (remember)

13. Hygienic aspects of water bottling
Posting (remember)