We follow best practice food safety standards which is to wash and sanitise our hands well and frequently as per those standards, keep nails short and cover our hair (amongst other procedures). We are HACCP Certified (International Food Safety Standard) and are audited annually. We follow the advice of Food Safety experts.
We understand it may “appear” to be better when people wear gloves but this is not necessarily the case. Unfortunately, fast food restaurants who don’t trust their young staff to wash hands properly, made disposable gloves appear to be the best hygiene but they are not (they are a bandaid solution as your staff should still wash their hands properly and often when wearing gloves also).
We also prefer to be environmentally friendly and not contribute to the unnecessary waste of wearing disposable gloves when they don’t benefit the safety of our food production. Food safety experts have determined that wearing disposable gloves actually increases the risk of contaminants in food and we prefer to adhere to their advice. I have done a few posts on gloves on our FB page which you are welcome to read. Rest assured that hygiene and safe food are our highest priority. If you would like further detailed information you can read my blog and video: https://shop.poppyschocolate.com.au/blogs/news/why-dont-we-wear-disposable-gloves
If, after reading this information, you still don’t like the fact we don’t wear disposable gloves, we understand your decision not to buy from us. We won’t reduce our health and hygiene standards because some people believe gloves are better. They are not. You will also want to ensure you don’t eat out at restaurants, as good qualified chefs don’t wear gloves either.