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

[dead0man]

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California passed the same law a couple of years ago, went into effect on 1Jan14, it was repealed less than 7 months later.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.

[tik 🪀✨]

Food handlers should be replaced by automatons (normal)

[bagelman]

these rules should be set by the business, not the government.

[DavidB.]

these rules should be set by the business, not the government.

This.

[DemPGH]

Yes, and clean them, which was the key problem. Workers were not cleaning the gloves.

In the end, I am for whatever is the absolutely most sanitary and what protects consumers from germs, illness, etc. Handling food is a big deal.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     As long as the food is being handled in sanitary fashion, gloves or no gloves doesn't matter. Let the business decide.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

So, banning burkas is suddenly "racist" or "culturalist", but not letting sushi chefs work with their bare hands is completely acceptable!?

[ingemann]

I think we can all agree to a compromise, we let the business set the rules, and when one of their customers get food poisoning, we draw lots among the board and poison one of them and if a customer dies we kill a board member.

[Extrabase500]

these rules should be set by the business, not the government.

This.

[Ban my account ffs!]

No gloves.  No chef in the kitchen at a restaurant uses gloves and only rarely do they wear them in visible prep areas.

If you wash your hands regularly you won't have a problem.  This is common sense.

But we're not legislating for common sense... we're legislating below the lowest common denominator.

[Thunderbird is the word]

So, banning burkas is suddenly "racist" or "culturalist", but not letting sushi chefs work with their bare hands is completely acceptable!?

If women wearing burkas in and of itself had the potential to spread infectious disease then maybe you'd have a point.

[Clark Kent]

In general, I support laissez-faire policies, except when it comes to health and safety issues. We must have regulations there.

[Green Line]

So, banning burkas is suddenly "racist" or "culturalist", but not letting sushi chefs work with their bare hands is completely acceptable!?

If women wearing burkas in and of itself had the potential to spread infectious disease then maybe you'd have a point.

Actually, women wearing burkas is a much bigger threat to public safety than sushi chefs working with bare hands

[Ban my account ffs!]

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.

[dead0man]

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.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I watch a lot of food network shows and travel channel and Bourdain........I have to pay closer attention but I don't recall any of those featured on the shows using gloves.

My daughter is a sous chef in a very very  high end restaurant.....the cooks don't wear gloves.

[IronFist]

Regard to catering establishments, wearing gloves and monitoring compliance with hygiene should be mandatory. Nobody wants to be ill with hepatitis. But everybody wants to be payed not less than $15 per hour.

[angus]

don't care.  must vote.

[Hillary pays minimum wage]

I worked at a deli years ago and used to blow my nose in the lunch meat.

[dead0man]

Fairly disappointing results here.

[angus]

Fairly disappointing results here.

sorry to disappoint.  I considered voting no, because I'm against it as well, but if I'm being completely honest, I have to say that I don't much care. 

I'd be more interested in hiring employees who don't blow their noses in the cold cuts, although I don't really think you can legislate that either.

[Taco Truck 🚚]

There is evidence that gloves are more dangerous than without, NY Times article from 2007.

I'm against it.

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The gloves are not inherently dangerous.  Poorly trained workers are dangerous.  But like you I'm against it but I would really defer to scientists on this one.  It seems to me properly training kitchen staff in hand washing is the best and most cost effective way to go.

A lot of Americans are just poor at science.  They don't understand the concept of contamination.  I see inept bathroom configurations all the time.  Any public bathroom that requires you to touch a facet or towel dispenser or door knob with your bare hands after you wash them is idiotic.  You turn something that is supposed to be a scientific cleaning into a pointless religious ritual.

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Fwiw I voted yes, not because I agree, as it's a dumb rule, but to protest a dumb poll.

[Hillary pays minimum wage]

When I worked at a deli, there was a girl from produce who would come over and slice the vegetables on the raw meat slicer.

[Simfan34]

Jesus Christ, I hope this deli was closed for health violations!