The Gloves Are On in Fight Over Misguided New York Restaurant Rules

by Siti Zawani @ 13 Nov 2015

When it comes to preparing intricate and delicate food like sushi, the handling of ingredients plays a crucial role in its final presentation. Last week, New York City health inspectors ordered the doors of celebrated Japanese restaurant Sushi Dojo closed. Sushi Dojo chef David Bouhadana told Eater the glove regulation is garbage. "We were closed for one thing and one thing only, not wearing gloves," he writes. "Sushi chefs are not supposed to wear gloves.”

The New York Post's Steve Cuozzo blasted the city health department, calling the crackdown on Bouhadana and the city's sushi chefs "stupid, arrogant and plain insane," in a column this week. Anthony Bourdain, the voice of high-end chefs in America, also took umbrage with the health department's stance.

A 2007 New York Times piece discussed a study suggesting the solution (gloves) may be making the problem (foodborne illness) worse. A 2012 Washington Post piece also cited research that made the same case. So the rules don't make food safer. Clean hands, as the saying goes, are better than dirty gloves. Read the full story at https://goo.gl/NRjQIn

The Gloves Are On in Fight Over Misguided New York Restaurant Rules

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