California Bill Would Amend Silly “No Bare Hands Can Touch Ready to Eat Food” Rule

 Southern California Public
Radio 
reports
on some possible sense
 coming down the pike
regarding a new California law barring bare hands from touching
ready-to-eat foods:

Assemblyman Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), chair of the Assembly
Health Committee, said AB 2130 would replace the language in the
state health code that took effect Jan. 1st that
barred sushi
chefs
, bartenders and others from handling ready-to-eat foods
with their bare hands.

Pan’s bill would permit some bare hand contact, stipulating that
preparers must “minimize bare hand and arm contact.” The chef or
bartender would also need to wash his hands in accordance with
current state health regulations….

I blogged about this rule, especially how it
enraged serious sushi chefs
, last month.

A Reason TV video on the matter,which makes the point
that no compelling public health problem connected to food
preparers bare hands has been demonstrated:

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