Personnel Hygiene Monitoring / Swab Testing: Researches in the
domain of Food Contamination show that over 80% of the
contamination of regular daily food is attributed to the poor
Personal Hygiene levels of the Kitchen Staff and the Food
handlers. In such a scenario, majority of the microbial
contaminants enter the Food Chain through the Food Handling
Staff. Prime reasons behind such problems are as follows: 1)
Lack of knowledge of Importance of Personal Hygiene in Food
Safety. 2) Ignorance and Negligence of the Food Manufacturers
and their staff. 3) Improper and Irregular Hand Washing and Hand
Sanitization Practices. 4) Lack of knowledge of the appropriate
procedures of Hand Washing and Hand Sanitization. 5) Improper
kitchen layout, leading to touching unhygienic parts of the
kitchen during Food Processing. 6) Low levels of Personal
Hygiene Monitoring, Certification and Documentation. 7)
Contamination through Food Handlers who are carrying diseases
and micro organisms. Regular monitoring of Personal Hygiene