Kashrut: Dairy/Meat: Physical Separations: Washing Hands between Dairy and Meat

Situation You drank milk or ate solid dairy foods (such as cheese) and now want to touch and eat meat-containing foods.
What To Do
  • Milk
    You do not need to wash your hands after drinking milk unless you actually touched the milk liquid.
  • Solid Dairy
    You must wash your hands after eating solid dairy foods.
Reason Your hands likely had some contact with the solid dairy.