Gloves: Risks and Solutions for the Most Overlooked Zone 1 Food Safety Item with Steve Ardagh, CEO & Founder of Eagle Protect | Episode 115 cover art

Gloves: Risks and Solutions for the Most Overlooked Zone 1 Food Safety Item with Steve Ardagh, CEO & Founder of Eagle Protect | Episode 115

Gloves: Risks and Solutions for the Most Overlooked Zone 1 Food Safety Item with Steve Ardagh, CEO & Founder of Eagle Protect | Episode 115

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 🧤 THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY Eagle Protect! 🧤Protect your kitchen with Eagle Protect’s reliable, tested gloves.Delta Zero Verified Gloves: more informationGlove Best Practice Guidelines to prevent direct and cross-contamination. Glove selection, colors, where to dispense, how to use effectively etc.Glove Audit: Solve your glove-related issues and improve your food safety practices. Get personalized feedback on how to mitigate these risks. For more glove safety tips, visit EagleProtect.com!In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Steve Ardagh, the CEO and Founder of Eagle Protect, now as our official sponsor. He’s also known as the “Glove Guy” and is on a mission to save the world one glove at a time.He’s been on the podcast before, and we’ve also talked about his research and glove safety on other occasions. Even so, we guarantee you’ll learn something new today, as our hosts always do when talking to him.They touch on topics such as the glove safety gap in the US, the fact that contaminated gloves might result in false positive lab results, the idea that better quality gloves actually reduce glove cost, the impact of tariffs on glove quality, why vinyl gloves should be banned, and more.In this episode:💩 [01:14] Officially meet Steve Ardagh, the “Glove Guy”, as our new sponsor💩 [03:17] The biggest challenge behind glove safety💩 [04:01] When Matt and Francine learned that gloves may already come in dirty💩 [05:03] Being FDA Food Compliant doesn’t guarantee the glove is safe💩 [07:11] The glove safety gap and Eagle Protect’s role in closing it💩 [08:28] The harmful chemicals that can even be in FDA food-compliant gloves💩 [09:50] Bringing awareness to the problem, but also providing the solution💩 [12:07] Any risk is too much of a risk when it comes to our safety💩 [14:34] The terrible consequences for the most vulnerable and their loved ones💩 [17:08] The idea that maybe the gloves are the actual culprit💩 [19:39] Why vinyl gloves should be banned from food handling💩 [22:28] How tariffs can impact the vinyl glove supply and a better option💩 [24:29] The progress in the industry around gloves💩 [25:36] Stop cutting corners: better quality gloves actually reduce glove cost💩 [30:03] Beware the ways glove factories save money, especially as tariffs rise💩 [31:58] How Eagle Protect guarantees their gloves are safe and high quality💩 [34:55] Make sure your gloves help rather than compromise your safety💩 [36:13] Good gloves don’t rip💩 [38:05] 16% of food outbreaks implicate gloves as the cause💩 [40:36] Stories of concerning yet common glove misuseDisclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.Resources from this episodeCatch up on our previous episodes about Glove Safety:Episode 56 | The Truth About Single-Use Gloves: Are They Actually Helping?Episode 57 | The Glove Food Safety Gap: Raising Disposable Glove Standards with Steve Ardagh, CEO and Founder of Eagle ProtectEpisode 81 | Global Glove Safety Day and Other Big Food Safety Issues with “Food Safety Icon” Dr. Darin DetwilerAccess the Journal of Food Protection Paper Steve mentions.Check out Eagle Protect’s Clean Gloves Project: White Paper & Glove Testing.The new glove safety solution that Eagle Protect unveiled at the Food Safety Summit 2025.Eagle Protect’s Case Study on How Better Quality Gloves Reduce Glove Cost. For more of their Case Studies, go here.Articles and Papers on Phthalates and Vinyl Gloves:Eagle Protect’s Article: Are Vinyl Gloves - Protection or Poison?The Coalition for Safer Food Processing & Packaging’s Report: Time To Take Off The Toxic Gloves.Ansell Care’s Position Paper: Vinyl Gloves: Facts You Should Know.The paper that showed that 16% of Foodborne Outbreaks Implicate Glove Cross-Contamination.Noteworthy quote from this episode“ Gloves [in the US] aren't required to be clean or intact, so you could have a glove come in with a dead mouse in it and holes all through it, and as long as it passes that FDA food compliance, there's nothing illegal being done.” – Steve ArdaghWe hope you enjoy this episode!Remember to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact in the world of food safety!Share your thoughts and feedback on the show, and feel free to offer any topics you would like to hear discussed.We'd love to hear from you!📲 Connect with Steve, Francine, Matt, and the "Don't Eat Poop!" show on LinkedIn!📕 Check out Francine's book Who Watches the Kitchen? on Amazon! 🎙️ BE A GUEST ON DON’T EAT POOP!Fill out this form to tell us more about yourself. We’ll reach out via email within 30 days with next steps if you’re selected._______Produced by
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