{"id":297333,"date":"2026-05-17T19:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297333\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:32:10","slug":"texas-roadhouse-olive-garden-among-restaurants-mandating-strict-one-ring-policy-for-diner-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297333\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Roadhouse & Olive Garden among restaurants mandating strict ‘one ring’ policy for diner safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

RESTAURANTS like Texas Roadhouse and Olive Garden are among the many enforcing a strict attire policy.<\/p>\n

The \u201cone ring\u201d policy is put in place for diner safety concerns<\/a>, and is strictly enforced likewise.<\/p>\n

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Diners benefit most from the strictly enforced policy Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

Popular restaurants like Texas Roadhouse emphasize the policy\u2019s importance at locations nationwide Credit: Alamy<\/p>\n

The \u201cone ring\u201d policy refers to the jewelry that employees preparing food<\/a> can safely wear while performing their daily tasks.<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, jewelry and other accessories are banned for their ability to harbor bacteria and potentially transfer it to food.<\/p>\n

This applies to virtually any accessory worn on the fingers, hands, wrists, or arms, including watches<\/a> and bracelets of any kind, including those with medical info.<\/p>\n

However, there is one exception to the rule according to the latest version of the FDA\u2019s<\/a> food code, published in 2022.<\/p>\n

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It specifies that the lone exception is \u201ca plain ring such as a wedding band.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FDA permits this since wedding bands<\/a> and similar styles of rings lack \u201cgrooves here pathogens can hide,\u201d according to StateFoodSafety.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Employees should also wash their hands often and be sure to wear gloves in order to minimize risk of contamination from their ring, per StateFoodSafety.<\/p>\n

In cases where an employee has a need for a medical bracelet, the FDA<\/a> urges a conversation between the worker and management to find a new solution.<\/p>\n

Olive Garden is another restaurant strictly enforcing the \u201cone ring\u201d rule Credit: Reuters<\/p>\n

The policy helps keep patrons safe and healthy, no matter their age Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

This can include wearing a necklace or anklet with the needed medical info, or taking advantage of other widely available alternatives.<\/p>\n

Restaurants including Texas Roadhouse also have strict hair and beard rules<\/a>, also as a result of the FDA\u2019s Food Code.<\/p>\n

These hygiene standards are fully in effect, and part of a push toward \u201cActive Managerial Control,\u201d replacing the older system where managers could enforce hair rules at their own discretion.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone entering the kitchen must wear a hair restraint to prevent contamination, and anyone with a beard must wear a beard net,\u201d says the FDA.<\/p>\n

These rules don\u2019t apply to staff handling pre-packaged food and drinks, such as hosts and some wait staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RESTAURANTS like Texas Roadhouse and Olive Garden are among the many enforcing a strict attire policy. The \u201cone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[320,48159,27,29,28,4900],"class_list":["post-297333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-food-and-drink","tag-olive-garden","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-roadhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}