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		hapless on Feb 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bizarre Shadowy Paper-Based Payment System Being R... There are few, if any, documented cases of illness being transmitted by cash. This is why regulation does not require food handlers to take special precautions while handling cash.

redblacktree on Feb 18, 2014 [–]

A quick google turned up this document[1], which claims that food handlers should wash their hands, "after handling money or a cash register."

http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Health/FoodP...

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