Clean Gloves Project: White Paper & Glove Testing

Critical Disposable Glove Contamination Risks & Proven Solutions

White Paper, February 2025
Food safety programs and procurement departments often overlook a critical risk: contaminated disposable gloves, often the last point of contact with food. Recent peer-reviewed research revealed studies of FDA compliant food grade gloves contaminated with pathogens, containing toxic compounds and with significant physical defects—posing significant risks to consumers and brands.

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The Critical Gap in Food Safety Regulations

Current FDA (21 CFR 177) compliance for food handling only includes chemical migration testing, requiring gloves to be "manufactured from components that are safe and suitable for their intended use". While the FDA Title 21 Part 110 - Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP 21 CFR 110.10) mandates that gloves must be maintained in an "intact, clean, and sanitary condition," there are no specific FDA food compliance requirements for testing or verifying glove microbial contamination nor holes and defects.

Solution

A comprehensive food safety system requires verification at every critical control point, including disposable gloves, typically the last point of contact with food products. Eagle Protect’s range of Delta Zero™ verified gloves offer a science-based solution to completing the food safety system.

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Are Your Gloves Contaminated? Test & Find Out!

Clean Glove Project
FDA food compliance does not verify gloves are clean. Peer-reviewed research revealed new, unused gloves contaminated with Listeria, E. coli and other foodborne pathogens. Often the last thing to touch ready-to-eat food, could your gloves be a food safety risk?
THE OFFER
Test your current disposable gloves, at cost, using the microbial count test included in our Delta Zero testing program.
THE BENEFIT
Determine if your gloves are a contamination risk. You will receive confidential the third-party lab test results. Half of the funds received will be donated to Stop Foodborne Illnessl
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Recent peer-reviewed research revealed multiple evidence based studies of FDA compliant food grade gloves contaminated with foodborne pathogens, containing toxic compounds and with significant physical defects.

White Paper, February 2025.

While companies invest significantly in verifying ingredients, monitoring temperatures and validating sanitation processes, there exists a concerning gap in the verification of disposable gloves, which are often the last point of contact with food products.