Food Safety Tips - Gloves

Using Gloves Safely In The Restaurant Food Business

The use of gloves does not replace hand washing. Hand washing and glove use go hand-in-hand and care should be taken not to allow gloves to create a false sense of security.

Glove Safety Rules:

• Hands must be washed before donning gloves and after removing them.
  
• Always use fresh gloves.
  
• Change your gloves at least once every hour.
  
• Use gloves before handling ready-to-eat foods.
  
• Use gloves that fit properly.
  
• Change gloves when changing jobs, such as, when switching between raw and ready-to-eat foods.
  
• Change gloves after taking out the garbage.
  
• Change gloves after sweeping, mopping and cleaning.
  
• Change gloves if they become contaminated from Sneezing, coughing or touching one's hair or face with a gloved hand.
  
• Change gloves if they tear.
  
• Because perspiration causes bacteria to multiply in the warm climate under gloves, wash hands after you take the gloves off and before you switch to a fresh pair. Do Not use latex Gloves! Latex gloves can cause serious allergic reactions.

Links:

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Pesticides and Food - What You and Your Family Need to Know from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  

 

 

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