How Health Inspectors Are Ruining Sushi
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Date: 2020-05-20
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trevorpinnocky
The problem with discussions of Food and Safety regulations is trying to explain it in terms of one chef, one restaurant, and style of food, when it's really about a bevy of restaurants serving lots of people. Thousands of chefs, thousands, of patrons, and thousands of items of food. In that formula minimizing direct hand to food contact with items that are going into someone's mouth makes complete sense. You don't know who has poor hygiene habits, is harboring flu germs, has hepatitis, etc. Food laws aren't about appearances. They are about keeping people safe. Find a way to work within them and stop rebelling against a system that in the end is designed to protect chefs and restaurants. If someone gets food poisoning for whatever reason, you don't want to be on the end of a lawsuit citing illegal handling of food.
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The problem with discussions of Food and Safety regulations is trying to explain it in terms of one chef, one restaurant, and style of food, when it's really about a bevy of restaurants serving lots of people. Thousands of chefs, thousands, of patrons, and thousands of items of food. In that formula minimizing direct hand to food contact with items that are going into someone's mouth makes complete sense. You don't know who has poor hygiene habits, is harboring flu germs, has hepatitis, etc. Food laws aren't about appearances. They are about keeping people safe. Find a way to work within them and stop rebelling against a system that in the end is designed to protect chefs and restaurants. If someone gets food poisoning for whatever reason, you don't want to be on the end of a lawsuit citing illegal handling of food.
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Henri
What many of you don't understand is that most of the food born illnesses are cause by kitchen workers not washing their hands. More specially, after they use the bathroom. The regulations are put into place for the 95%. The 95% who ruin it for the purests. The few that truly care and have passion to insure EVERYONE in the resaurants are trained properly on safe food handling. Do you know how many other workers are handling the sushi chefs mise en place prior to what you see sitting at the sushi bar? Your favorite sushi chef probabally handles your food the least. Next time your at a restaurant and see a staff member use the restroom, time how long they're in there for, if it's 1 -2 minutes, I bet they didn't do a great job washing their hands! Wake up at 2am with stomach cramps? You prob have a mild case of food poisoning.
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What many of you don't understand is that most of the food born illnesses are cause by kitchen workers not washing their hands. More specially, after they use the bathroom. The regulations are put into place for the 95%. The 95% who ruin it for the purests. The few that truly care and have passion to insure EVERYONE in the resaurants are trained properly on safe food handling. Do you know how many other workers are handling the sushi chefs mise en place prior to what you see sitting at the sushi bar? Your favorite sushi chef probabally handles your food the least. Next time your at a restaurant and see a staff member use the restroom, time how long they're in there for, if it's 1 -2 minutes, I bet they didn't do a great job washing their hands! Wake up at 2am with stomach cramps? You prob have a mild case of food poisoning.
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Viony
i understand if large chains sushi restaurants wear gloves because they're pre made, packed and ready to go (i'm not sure if NYC has a lot but in Sydney, they're pretty much everywhere and i see the chefs are wearing gloves) but i don't think like sushi restaurants like where the chef directly serve in front of you don't really need to wear gloves imo since the customers see all of the process. if you don't trust the chef, don't eat there. i use gloves a lot while working but i don't wear gloves while cutting like julienne or brunoise since i usually ended up slicing the gloves along with the food. i don't think you can close someone's business when there's no food poisoning case there. i might be wrong but it's just my opinion.
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i understand if large chains sushi restaurants wear gloves because they're pre made, packed and ready to go (i'm not sure if NYC has a lot but in Sydney, they're pretty much everywhere and i see the chefs are wearing gloves) but i don't think like sushi restaurants like where the chef directly serve in front of you don't really need to wear gloves imo since the customers see all of the process. if you don't trust the chef, don't eat there. i use gloves a lot while working but i don't wear gloves while cutting like julienne or brunoise since i usually ended up slicing the gloves along with the food. i don't think you can close someone's business when there's no food poisoning case there. i might be wrong but it's just my opinion.
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fordhouse8b
Gloves are highly overrated for keeping things sanitary. As someone who works in a kitchen, I use gloves a lot, but the are not always the hardest solution. Not having that tactile feedback is not only a disadvantage when working with some foods, it also creates a false sense of security by making the wearer less aware of being dirty. Yes, your hands are clean, but your glove are dirty. He general rule is to change gloves whenever you would wash your hands, but often you are prompted to wash them by the mistakable and visceral feeling of greasiness or stickiness. In a busy environment it is very easy to end up not changing gloves as often as you would have otherwise washed your hands.
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Gloves are highly overrated for keeping things sanitary. As someone who works in a kitchen, I use gloves a lot, but the are not always the hardest solution. Not having that tactile feedback is not only a disadvantage when working with some foods, it also creates a false sense of security by making the wearer less aware of being dirty. Yes, your hands are clean, but your glove are dirty. He general rule is to change gloves whenever you would wash your hands, but often you are prompted to wash them by the mistakable and visceral feeling of greasiness or stickiness. In a busy environment it is very easy to end up not changing gloves as often as you would have otherwise washed your hands.
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Dominik
Here is the thing: the health inspectors just assuming, that wearing gloves in a sushi restaurant is leading to more food safety - but where is it proven? I believe, that sushi chefs are far more conscious about hygiene than other chefs. But there is a point, which was not discussed in the video: if you are using your unprotected hands you feel, if your hands needs to be washed. The hands feel greasy ) and you are far more prone to wash your hands. However if you are wearing gloves, you just don't feel the surface of the gloves. That means, people could just forget the change gloves and it could lead in a far more unhygienic situation!
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Here is the thing: the health inspectors just assuming, that wearing gloves in a sushi restaurant is leading to more food safety - but where is it proven? I believe, that sushi chefs are far more conscious about hygiene than other chefs. But there is a point, which was not discussed in the video: if you are using your unprotected hands you feel, if your hands needs to be washed. The hands feel greasy ) and you are far more prone to wash your hands. However if you are wearing gloves, you just don't feel the surface of the gloves. That means, people could just forget the change gloves and it could lead in a far more unhygienic situation!
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drakore244
You can feel through gloves no problem. I wear gloves all day and have no problem feeling the smallest detail. gloves keep things clean. to those saying sushi chefs wash their hands, i will have you know that after the 7th time washing your hands in a 12 hour period, you expose new bacteria under your skin, typically more than what is normally on the surface. Also, most chefs slack and do a half asses job washing their hands. You say its tradition, but there are plenty of traditions that are modified for public safety.
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You can feel through gloves no problem. I wear gloves all day and have no problem feeling the smallest detail. gloves keep things clean. to those saying sushi chefs wash their hands, i will have you know that after the 7th time washing your hands in a 12 hour period, you expose new bacteria under your skin, typically more than what is normally on the surface. Also, most chefs slack and do a half asses job washing their hands. You say its tradition, but there are plenty of traditions that are modified for public safety.
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nugraha
all the pros and cons in this thread are all probably true. washing hands often is the safest way but too many cooks are either too lazy or too busy to wash hands correctly. and the it is also true that gloves creates false sense of hygiene. like lot of people in this thread say. gloves does helps with hygiene IF wore the right way with the right Procedures, but like washing hands many cook are just either too lazy or too busy to change them every time it get dirty.
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all the pros and cons in this thread are all probably true. washing hands often is the safest way but too many cooks are either too lazy or too busy to wash hands correctly. and the it is also true that gloves creates false sense of hygiene. like lot of people in this thread say. gloves does helps with hygiene IF wore the right way with the right Procedures, but like washing hands many cook are just either too lazy or too busy to change them every time it get dirty.
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伊藤博文
That's silly. The gloves may protect hands from the infection but it won't keep food clean. Why do you think the glove is cleaner than the hand? The brand new glove should be really clean, however, the chef may not wash it after it got dirty. People should wash hands when it got dirty. But people may not wash hands with their gloves on. You better think about it?
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That's silly. The gloves may protect hands from the infection but it won't keep food clean. Why do you think the glove is cleaner than the hand? The brand new glove should be really clean, however, the chef may not wash it after it got dirty. People should wash hands when it got dirty. But people may not wash hands with their gloves on. You better think about it?
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zmtomako
hands do not cause food-borne illness, dirty / contaminated food contact surfaces dodirty gloves are no better than dirty hands, clean gloves are no better than clean handssurgeons need to perform medical procedures in a sterile environment because patients are cut opened, its apples and oranges compared to food preparation
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hands do not cause food-borne illness, dirty / contaminated food contact surfaces dodirty gloves are no better than dirty hands, clean gloves are no better than clean handssurgeons need to perform medical procedures in a sterile environment because patients are cut opened, its apples and oranges compared to food preparation
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cpunching
So where do they think the exceptions start and stop? The entire video was just I really like sushi and it's tradition! without actually addressing much of the issues with the law and how removing it would affect all of the restaurant industry for that area, not just sushi.
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So where do they think the exceptions start and stop? The entire video was just I really like sushi and it's tradition! without actually addressing much of the issues with the law and how removing it would affect all of the restaurant industry for that area, not just sushi.
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