Aren gloves required for handling all food items? How come I see restaurant operators preparing food without wearing gloves?
• Non-latex gloves are one approved method of preventing bare hand contact with ready to eat foods. Other approved methods to prevent this bare hand contact include the use of deli papers, tongs, or other food service utensils. Bare hand contact is allowed for foods which are not ready to eat, such as pizza toppings, raw meats, and ingredients for recipes prior to cooking. Some establishments have obtained an approved Bare Hand Contact Exemption which allows them to touch ready to eat foods with bare hands. In these cases, a Department issued notice that states “FACILITY APPROVED FOR BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS” must be posted in the establishment as in conjunction with the approval. The parameters of this exemption typically include, but are not limited to, frequent hand washing and the maintenance of a hand washing record. Failure to comply with the parameters of an exemption could result in immediate removal of this approval by an environmental health officer at the ti
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