Best Practices

• Sampling should be suspended to minimize touch points.

• Vendors should practice hand hygiene, use gloves when handling money, and handle and package items for customers.

• Limit market volume by promoting preordering, alternate pickup locations, or delivery.

• Limit the number of people at the market at one time or space people out to prevent groups of ten or more.

• Provide ground markers to help customers maintain six feet of physical distance.

Communication

• Vendors and customers should not come to market if they are displaying symptoms of COVID-19, or have come in contact with someone who is sick. Anyone displaying symptoms at the farm will be asked to leave.

• Cloth face coverings should also be encouraged for customer use, based on local guidance.

• Consider communicating this to customers through signs, social media or newsletters.

• Proactively reach out to county health departments.

• Market managers should communicate proactively about what steps the market is taking to prevent the spread of illness.

• Review CDC guidance about cleaning and disinfection and be ready to communicate if a known COVID-19 patient has been at the market recently.

Cleaning an Disinfection

• Markets should consider providing fully stocked handwashing stations and/or hand sanitizer at entrances, exits and restrooms.

• Vendors should hand-sanitize after every transaction, and should wear gloves.

• Cloth face coverings should be worn by employees while working.

• Disinfect surfaces like railings, doorknobs, tables, etc. on a regular basis

• CDC is recommending use of disinfectants on the EPA list found at: go.ncsu.edu/epacovid-19

• Note: this list is based on current data, but compounds have not been validated for inactivation of the virus causing COVID-19.

• Bleach may be used to disinfect surfaces, but the concentration is higher for COVID-19 than for everyday sanitation: 5 tablespoons bleach per gallon of water

• Use non-porous plastic tables that can be easily disinfected if possible.

• Think about touch points throughout the market. Eliminate or disinfect between uses.

Employee Health

• Businesses should follow CDC and FDA guidance for screening employees who have been exposed to COVID-19.

• Pre-screen employees for symptoms or fever before starting work.

• Employees with fever and symptoms should be advised to see a doctor for evaluation and should be deferred to Human Resources for next steps.

For More Information

Visit: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov

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