The Truth About Single-Use Gloves: Are They Actually Helping? | Episode 56

Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are talking about single-use gloves in preparation for next week’s interview episode with Steve Ardagh, the “Glove Guy”.

They expose some truly shocking truths about single-use gloves that most people can’t even fathom. I mean, who would ever think that most of the time these gloves are neither clean nor sanitary?

They also talk about the instances where gloves are misused and how they provide a false sense of security that ends up making things worse.

Lastly, they chat about something that will have you never looking at a piece of undercooked bacon the same again: tapeworms, more specifically tapeworm eggs in the brain.

In this episode:

💩 [00:49] Navigating different timezones and Daylight Savings time

💩 [03:08] Don’t Eat Poop! Podcast is in the Top 100 and it hit the charts internationally

💩 [05:34] Some shocking truths about single-use gloves

💩 [09:45] Beware the false sense of security provided by gloves

💩 [13:29] Who are the gloves to protect?

💩 [14:40] Single-use gloves in quick-serve restaurants

💩 [16:11] The quality of the gloves that are sold in the US isn’t guaranteed

💩 [19:45] Tapeworm eggs in the brain: a cautionary tale to properly cook your bacon

Disclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.

Resources from this episode

Catch Up with our LinkedIn Live with Tia Glave and Jill Stuber from Catalyst: Real Talk Food Safety: Making Food Safety Fun!

Here is the Food Safety News article we mentioned: The ‘Glove Guy’ calls upon his industry to ban the sale of vinyl gloves.

Here is the brain tapeworm CNN article we mentioned Doctors identify source of man’s migraines: tapeworm larvae, likely from undercooked bacon, in his brain.

Noteworthy quotes from this episode

“The amount of money companies spend on gloves every single year is 10 times the budget of the food side of the FDA.” – Matthew Regusci

“One of the questions I would ask is who are the gloves to protect?” – Francine L Shaw

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