Global Glove Safety Day
September 18, during the National Food Safety Education Month, marks the third annual Global Glove Safety Day. This day is an opportunity to focus attention on an often overlooked part of food safety: the food handling glove.
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The Leadership of an Icon
Global Glove Safety Day is led by Eagle Protect in partnership with food safety icon Dr. Darin Detwiler. After losing his 16-month-old son, Riley, to an E. coli infection in 1993, Dr. Detwiler has emerged as one of the nation’s leading advocates for food safety reform.
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The Best Food Safety Headline Is The One We Prevent
This year’s message is the underestimated value of prevention. Prevention starts with what we know, rather than assuming the quality, use and verification of the gloves that touch our food.
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The Danger of Assumptions
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A new glove is often assumed to be a clean glove. But new does not necessarily mean clean, and food contact does not automatically mean contamination-free. How a glove is manufactured, its quality, how it is used and when it is changed all matter. Where these things can be verified, we shouldn’t have to rely on assumptions.
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“We assume gloves protect us. But assumptions don’t stop pathogens. Standards do.” - Dr. Darin Detwiler
Food Safety Is in Our Hands
Food safety is built on everyday decisions.
- Choosing gloves based on more than price.
- Asking suppliers for evidence of quality and cleanliness.
- Making sure gloves are used and changed correctly.
- And never assuming that a new glove is automatically a clean glove.
Small decisions like these are where prevention starts.
Make Prevention Visible
Consumers may never see the contamination stopped before it left a facility, the glove changed at the right moment, or the manager who chose glove verification and safety over cost. But those unseen decisions are what protect people and build trust.
This Global Glove Safety Day, make prevention visible. Ask better questions. Expect evidence. Look at how gloves are selected, verified and used.
Because the best food safety headline is still the one we prevent.
Put Best Practice Into Practice
Good glove decisions shouldn’t be left to assumption. Our free Glove Best Practices Guide gives food safety, QA and procurement teams practical guidance on selecting, using and managing gloves with food safety in mind. Download the Glove Best Practices Guide: a practical resource to support your food safety program.
