Basic food hygiene?

I’d rather hands washed properly than gloves that often aren’t washed at all.

^ I always wore gloves when handling food as well as frequently washing my hands^

That's the spirit! That's more like it.

What happens when[not just asking you] things are dropped on floor?
Hands to pick it up I suppose?
Then hand washing?

And what about going to the toilet?

I did the same as I guess most people did, when the thing about bar nuts came out.
Not sure I have touched them since,.

Are they even a thing now.

I was in a queue waiting for an ice cream, the server wore gloves, she served a customer his ice cream, popped a flake on with her gloved hand, she then took a bank note from him and handed him the change, all with gloves on.

I didn’t have an ice cream.

I believe soap and water to be the most under rated materials on the planet...

I agree that wearing gloves doesn't that they haven't inadvertantly touched something.

I'd rather they used suitable implements for each type of food rather than hands.

But there's still no guarantee of no cross-contamination without diligence.

I detest MuckDonalds, KFC, etc. and won't have anything to do with any of them, but when I worked in cafes and restaurants, I always wore gloves when handling food as well as frequently washing my hands!

I suppose technically it was “clean dirt” as it had been through the dishwasher!🤮 I am so glad I wear my specs all the time.

Always with roast dinners or similar I check the handles of my cutlery after the dishwasher. Inevitably bits of cabbage or leek stick to them. Perhaps I should put them in handles upright??

Ofcourse Granmarderby
Now with the dubious advantage of knowing the regulations I see these being broken frequently.
My own kitchen would fail an inspection at the first hurdle but it's things like not proper labelling of ingredients/allergens which could be lethal rather than the odd hair in the soup which bother me.

There are not enough Environmental Health officers to react to all reports that require investigation immediately let alone enough to dedicate to unannounced inspections should the need arise.
I’m not sure there ever has been enough of them.
There are more food establishments everywhere now than ever in cities and towns but fewer resources to monitor whether they are complying with food hygiene laws.
The other day I handed two food encrusted dirty forks from the clean cutlery container back to staff at a well respected bakery shops’ cafe’.

I suppose technically it was “clean dirt” as it had been through the dishwasher!🤮 I am so glad I wear my specs all the time.

I passed my level 2 food handling course recently, on-line through virtual college.
I'm a volunteer in a community café so must have this certificate.
I can confirm that gloves are not recommended but frequent handwashing in a separate washbasin is.

There are, and should be, unannounced inspections by Environmental Health officers.

Yes, butterandjam
A new pair every action it seems to me!

Really interesting Maybee!

This is it. I’m always losing it and finding it again, though.

Interesting, I never knew that!

MayBee70

Allira

BlueBelle

I don’t think the wearing of gloves make any difference at all
MacDonalds do some lovely vegi wraps they are not all bad by any means

They could touch a raw burger then touch the salad even if wearing gloves.

I do wear gloves in the kitchen occasionally, if I don't want the smell of onions or garlic to linger on my hands (it does, even if they're washed afterwards) or cutting up raw chicken. But then they go straight in the bin.

I’ve got what looks like a stainless steel bar of soap that is supposed to remove onion smell from hands. Not sure if it works as I still make sure that I don’t do any other sort of cooking if I’m cutting onions.

If I'm crocheting or knitting afterwards, I'm always conscious in case my hands smell of onions.

Off to investigate your soap 🙂

Allira

BlueBelle

I don’t think the wearing of gloves make any difference at all
MacDonalds do some lovely vegi wraps they are not all bad by any means

They could touch a raw burger then touch the salad even if wearing gloves.

I do wear gloves in the kitchen occasionally, if I don't want the smell of onions or garlic to linger on my hands (it does, even if they're washed afterwards) or cutting up raw chicken. But then they go straight in the bin.

I’ve got what looks like a stainless steel bar of soap that is supposed to remove onion smell from hands. Not sure if it works as I still make sure that I don’t do any other sort of cooking if I’m cutting onions.

Hand sanitiser for care in hospital, I get that. But wouldn't the sanitiser give the food a funny taste?

NotSpaghetti

I am not a glove fan BTW but I note that my mother-in-law's part time carer puts them on after washing her hands to prepare snacks for my mother-in-law - even if she's just putting a biscuit on a plate.

Extra caution, possibly because carers also handle bodies, wee, poo, dressings etc.

fancythat I rejected cookies!
Apologies.

On TV this lunchtime there was a report that a Hospital in the South of England, is taking away all sinks from an ITU, as hand washing isn't adequate to kill germs. They will just all use Hand Sanitiser, they are now thinking of doing it through out the Hospital.

So perhaps that's what they use?

But chefs are artisans, those who flip burgers are not.
Chefs need bare hands to touch food to check the texture and to arrange delicate foods on the plate. They rarely use gloves when using sharp knives. If hygiene is good, why would they need to wear gloves?
I guess handling raw burgers then touching the lettuce or relish could be seen as an issue in the likes of McDonald's. I've never been overly worried in service stations, airports, train stations though, and more importantly never been ill.

fancythat

Septimia

If you watch some cookery programmes you can see that chefs and other staff in the kitchens of posh restaurants frequently put the food on plates with their bare hands. They might wash their hands but there's no guarantee that they haven't just touched something accidentally. It rather puts me off...

You can tell I have never worked in a commercial kitchen or watched many cookery programmes.

That would put me off too.

I somehow seem to remember a Uk law that people had to wear gloves for food preparation.
Maybe I have got that totally wrong.

There is no requirement by law to wear gloves for food preparation or handling in the U.K. as I posted up thread.

There is a requirement to wash hands frequently to stop cross contamination.

BlueBelle

I don’t think the wearing of gloves make any difference at all
MacDonalds do some lovely vegi wraps they are not all bad by any means

They could touch a raw burger then touch the salad even if wearing gloves.

I do wear gloves in the kitchen occasionally, if I don't want the smell of onions or garlic to linger on my hands (it does, even if they're washed afterwards) or cutting up raw chicken. But then they go straight in the bin.

Going to the toilet with gloves on? For example?

Sorry I meant that to agree with Sunami