I still can't risk it.
The employee puts on clean gloves. Cleans the knife. I'm fine there.
Then they reach into whatever is next in your order, then the next, then
the next, etc. What touched all of that stuff before the 'clean' glove?
I'll stay with the place that washes their hands, and gets clean
ingredients from the walk in. I love my Mr. Pita. My local Mr. Pita has gone to
synthetic gloves vs Natural Rubber Latex gloves for food prep for me..
People mistake clean hands with clean gloves all the time. They will
touch anything with gloves on and get that 'deer in the headlights' look, and
say, but my hands are clean.....(but your gloves are dirty, contaminated.)
Off topic. I am allergic to natural rubber latex, my son is highly milk
allergic. I refused a blood draw last week because the tech didn't
understand that the cotton balls, alcohol wipes, tourniquet, etc. she had
previously touched with latex gloves could transfer proteins to me if she used them,
especially once she pulled out a latex glove over a 'clean area' where
she placed those so called safe items were placed. I watched in fascination
at her ignorance, Actually that was the last straw for me, there were
many other cross contaminations during that visit, . Yes, when I turned in my
paperwork I told them I was anaphylactic to NRL. I left there taking
Benedryl, washing my hands and arms, driving fast, showering, and not letting
my husband leave my side if I need an ambulance. NRL allergy and
accommodations is inexcusable among health care professionals. It can devastate
them, but that is really off topic.
Food workers are kids ready to learn. NRL can devastate them too. We
need to reach all of them about all allergyies.
On topic is that in the past I let this set of circumstances go and found
myself in the hosp. That is not what I want for my milk allergic son.
The premise is the same for me and my milk allergic son. Don't touch
ingredients or products that have been touched by hands (gloved or not) that
either of us are allergic to.
Not everyone's allergy is as extreme as what we experience. All I have to
say is if the allergy is moderate, don't risk it. Be super vigilant. My
son did outgrow the dreaded peanut allergy because I was subervigient.
In a message dated 4/26/2009 10:55:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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When my spouse and I eat at Subway or any other "sub" place,
we also request that the person change their plastic gloves.
We've never had a bad experience with a Subway employee
but once a customer complained because he felt the server
spent far too long on our subs ~~ it was false perception
on that customer's part ~~ that was this past New Year's Day
and the customer had miles to go and was likely panicky ~~
fortunately for us, there's sub places almost everywhere.
regards ~~ gerry
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