Making the Food Industry Safer Than Ever Before

What Gloves are safer to use for Cooking & Food Industry ?

Society has certainly come a long way from the days of a sweaty, bearded man making food with salmonella and e-coli swarming his bare hands. Food poisoning as a result of improper food handling and the spread of food borne illnesses have been steadily on the decline, and gloves have greatly influenced that downtrend. Nitrile gloves have been a large part of that trend due in part to their strong and resilient nature. 

An industry once seen only as a Awintoo Medical product has migrated into various fields and the food industry is by far the second largest end user of nitrile gloves in the world. The availability, cost, strength and longevity of nitrile has encouraged many business owners to supply them to their workers and we make you all safer because of it.

As Nitrile Gloves is from synthetic material of nitrile, it raises the question of whether or not they’re food safe. Most people don’t realize the abundance of disposable gloves in the food industry, include your home as well.

The answer is YES, its Nitrile gloves. Nitrile pose the lowest risk of the options. From start to finish, nitrile powder free gloves are present from the beginning to the end of a food products life. As food winds up in the home or at a restaurant, chefs and cooks use gloves as a means for preventing cross contamination, protecting themselves from raw meat, and for hygienic purposes while handling someone else’s food.

Delis and meat counter workers for instance, use gloves to prevent cross contamination while bakers use gloves to keep dough from clumping on their hands and icing from staining their skin.

Trucks, trains, and freight containers deliver the bulk shipments to grocery stores and wholesalers across the world. Grocery workers routinely use nitrile gloves as they are unpacking boxes and handling raw foods.

As food makes its way from the source to the distributors, employees don nitrile gloves for packing and shipping. At this point, the purpose is dual sided, protecting workers from the danger of raw foods and the end consumer from the germs on the workers hands.

Food in its rawest form is often handled by people wearing nitrile. Crop separators, oyster shuckers, and butchers are the main examples that come to mind. These individuals are usually protecting themselves from the parasites and diseases that often arise from handling raw foods, especially meats, seafoods, and some raw vegetables. Requent changing of gloves is also very important. Whenever switching from one type of meat to another, one container to another, and handling utensils are all reasons to change the set of gloves, just to name a few.

The instance of allergic reaction in the context of nitrile is incredibly rare or none. n context of how much food is handled by nitrile gloves compared to the instance of allergic reaction, the effects are negatable, preventing an exorbitantly higher number of illnesses than they cause.

Proper storage of the glove supply keeps them from being contaminated by airborne substances. Dust, pollen, dead skin and the like float around in the air every day, so gloves should be in a closed drawer or cabinet, limiting their exposure to these particulates prior to use.

With the advent of nitrile disposable gloves, latex is option for medical purposes & during machinary work or cleaning purposes is best. Where as Nitrile gloves became the new go to for suppliers and consumers. Nitrile provides is a safer option for all parties and shows better resistance to a multitude of substances.

With the rapid spread of diseases that the world is susceptible to now, maintaining hygienic practices and placing a barrier between food handlers and the patrons on the other side of the counter has never been more important. 

NOTE: All nitrile gloves used by food service workers or at home in food preparation should be of the powder free variety. Powdered gloves increase the risk of cross contamination from steak to pork for instance. Powder free gloves do not have this risk. Be sure that the products we are supplying meet all applicable industry standards and use quality materials and manufacturers. 

Awintoo Medical - Making the Food Industry Safer Than Ever Before.