Should food handlers be required to wear gloves/not use bare hands

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California passed the same law a couple of years ago, went into effect on 1Jan14, it was repealed less than 7 months later.  There is evidence that gloves are more dangerous than without, NY Times article from 2007.

I'm against it.

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I worked in food service as a teenager and I almost never wore gloves. 

Gloves give a false sense of security and are just as, and even more likely to spread food borne illness through cross contamination. 

Make gloves optional and keep them available... but don't require them.

In a situation where you handle money and then must prepare food... gloves are probably a good idea.  Unless you wash your hands after every transaction.

That's how it was when I worked at Subway in the early 90s.  Every so often, maybe 5 times in my 16 months there, somebody would ask us to wear gloves, and we would.  And we'd wear 'em after slicing a finger cutting bread (happened a lot more than 5 times).  Made making subs challenging and slower.

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Fairly disappointing results here.