April 28, 2008To glove or not, part II
Essentially, these regulations say that ready-to-eat food should never be handled with bare hands. That means raw food that will be eaten raw, such as a salad, and cooked foods that have already come out of the oven, such as a baked potato. The rules go on to state that cooks should limit their handling of any food with bare hands. Of course, nothing is that simple.
If using single-use gloves, they "shall be used for only one task such as working with ready-to-eat food or with raw animal food, used for no other purpose, and discarded when damaged or soiled, or when interruptions occur in the operation." What kind of interruptions? Well, probably the same kinds of interruptions that are mentioned earlier in the code as reasons to re-wash hands. They include: 1. After touching bare human body parts or hair other than clean hands and clean, exposed portions of arms; Personally, I'd be happy if cooks simply remembered to wash their hands under all the above circumstances. Washing hands is just as good as changing those single-use gloves, in my opinion, and less wasteful. Now that we all know the rules, I guess we're justified if we are a bit perterbed to see a cook or a waiter handling ready-to-eat foods with their bare hands. |
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Comments
[April 28, 2008 4:35 PM]
Amy Hanek : →http://www.houseonthegladehill.blogspot.comThanks for finding the specific information needed to answer this question Lindsey!
[April 29, 2008 8:43 AM]
carrie : →http://www.gingerlemongirl.comHi Lindsey, I was reminded of these blog posts on gloves, when yesterday at the local Piggly Wiggly I took some meat to the butcher to be sliced. Then he informed me by cutting open the meat with ungloved hands to show me the package was filled with meat tips, and therefore he was unable to slice it... but I was so grossed out by his hands becoming all bloody as he picked up and touched that meat to show me what it looked like... that I couldn't buy it. Then he wrapped that SAME meat back up and put it back out front. I cannot imagine all the meat on that counter that he had touched with his hands. I'm only hoping he washed them thoroughly...