Arkansas No Bare-Hand Contact - Glove Use Poster

GLOVES OR NO GLOVES	 	
 
 	
No	 Bar	e	-Hand	 Cont	a	ct	 	
 
Food wo	rkers 	can spr	ead foodbo	rne	 illness in 	the	 food	 service environme	nt wh	en their	 hands	 come 	into cont	ac	t 	
with  patho	gens	 from 	their  g	astroin	testinal tracts, 	food  and  other  objects  cont	aminat	ed  wi	th  p	athogens.  Those	 	
pathogens 	can be	 sprea	d by bare-hand 	cont	act wi	th fo	od. 	  	
The	 Arkansas	 Food 	Regulation	 (3-301.11)	 pro	hibits  ba	re-hand 	conta	ct  wi	th 	
rea	dy-to-ea	t  foods,  or	 those	 foods  th	at  do  not	 require	 any more pr	eparation 	
before they 	are rea	dy to 	eat.    This  in	cludes 	raw, 	washed	 and	 cut  f	ruits  and	 	
vegetabl	es, and foods th	at r	equire	 no	 additional 	cookin	g. 	
 	
To p	revent b	are-hand 	conta	ct, food s	ervi	ce wo	rkers m	ay use: 	
 
   
   
 
Bar	e-hand 	contact wi	th re	ady- 	
to-eat 	food is prohibi	ted. 	
Deli tissue	 	
Spatulas 	
Ton	gs Forks	 	
Disp	ensing	 equip	ment 	
Single-use	 gloves	 	
  
 	
G	uideli	nes	 for	 Singl	e-Use	 G	lo	ves 	
 	
Good h	andw	ashi	ng prac	tices mu	st s	till be 	follow	ed, 	even wh	en usi	ng single-use	 gloves. 	
W	ash h	ands b	efo	re put	ting	 on	 gloves.	 	
Put 	gloves on on	ly wh	en you are rea	dy to hand	le rea	dy-to-ea	t food. 	
Use	 gloves 	for on	ly one	 task, such 	as rea	dy-to-ea	t foods, 	then disc	ard.	 	
If you 	are interrup	ted d	uring	 food p	reparation, r	emove	 your gloves.  	Use	 clean gloves wh	en you 	
resume 	food p	reparation.	 	
Dispose of	 gloves 	as so	on as th	ey are remove	d. 	
Single-use	 gloves should	 not be us	ed around	 hea	t or hot f	ats.	 	
Glov	es a	re su	sce	ptible to	 contamination,	 so th	row th	em a	way when th	ey are soi	led or 	da	maged. 	
Fa	bric 	or re-use	able gloves m	ay not be us	ed with 	rea	dy-to-ea	t food.	 	
Single use	 gloves ma	de of no	n-lat	ex mat	erials a	re recom	mend	ed.