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Joelyn Yap
Joelyn Yap April 28, 2022

PPE For Food Safety: Are Your Work Gloves Food Safe?

The production and supply of food is bound by stringent conditions designed to avoid contamination and guarantee food safety. This includes the use of gloves certified for food handling. Workers across the food production supply chain need comfortable and reliable gloves that offer both defence against the specific hazards they face and the necessary safeguards against food contamination risk.

Food safety is the responsibility of every participant in the supply chain, including safety and operations managers responsible for selection of appropriate PPE.


Download our guide and learn more about the different ways that food contamination may occur at your workplace:

• BIOLOGICAL: When food becomes contaminated by humans, animals, bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms, leading to food-borne illnesses

• PHYSICAL: When an object enters food in production or preparation process. This can present a choking hazard and potentially introduce biological contaminants

• CHEMICAL: This occurs when food comes into contact with toxic chemicals and can lead to chemical food poisoning

• ALLERGEN CROSS-CONTAMINATION: When an allergen is transferred to different food, creating risk for those with food allergies

Download the guide