Dr Mastura said wearing gloves by food sellers was optional and should always be done in combination with hand hygiene.
Family medicine specialist Dr Mastura Mohd Sopian said it was commendable that food handlers wear gloves, but they must also be mindful of what else they touch.She said the wearing of gloves by food sellers was optional and should always be done in combination with hand hygiene.Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association advisor Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar agreed that food sellers should not use the same gloved hands to handle money.
He advised food handlers to remove their gloves when they need to do other tasks such as accepting cash from customers. In many visits by StarMetro to Ramadan bazaars, traders were found accepting money with their gloved hands. Seberang Prai city councillor P. David Marshel concurred that it was unhygienic to use the gloved hands that handled food to touch money.“There are many ewallet platforms that they can use and it is easy,” he said.Marshel called on bazaar organisers and public market administrators to give more attention to this matter and encourage traders to fully adopt online transactions.Traders are reminded not to use their gloved hands to handle both food and money.
Medical experts advise traders to remove their gloves when doing other tasks such as accepting cash from customers. — LO TERN CHERN/The Star
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