通过直接的物理,化学和微生物污染扩大手套风险的潜力
Barry S Michaels1, Troy Ayers2, Jenna Brooks-McLaughlin3
1B. Michaels Group Inc., 487 West River Road, Palatka, FL 32177, USA.
Journal of food protection
|April 28, 2024
概括
一次性手套可以在食品环境中引入物理,化学和微生物污染,对食品安全和工人健康构成风险. 在疫情期间放大手套制造的系统性问题,需要加强食品级手套的法规和标准.
科学领域:
- 食品安全与微生物学
- 职业健康和安全问题 职业健康和安全问题
- 材料科学与工程 材料科学与工程
背景情况:
- 一次性手套在食品环境中被广泛使用,但其制造具有固有的风险.
- COVID-19大流行加剧了供应链问题,并突出了个人防护设备 (PPE) 的潜在缺陷.
- 报告将受污染的手套与健康问题以及食品和医疗保健领域的监管行动联系起来.
研究的目的:
- 审查与食品环境中的一次性手套相关的潜在污染风险.
- 从手套中识别物理,化学和微生物污染的来源和途径.
- 评估对食品安全和工人福祉的影响.
主要方法:
- 审查基于证据的报告和监管行动.
- 手套制造过程的图表,以确定污染点.
- 在手套生产中分析化学成分和微生物危害.
- 探索有助于污染释放的物理故障.
主要成果:
- 手套的制造缺陷可能会引入不安全的化学成分和微生物污染物.
- 物理故障,如刺穿和撕裂,有助于污染转移.
- 污染物包括病原体和食品腐烂生物,危及食品和佩戴者的安全.
- 手套行业的系统性缺陷是明显的.
结论:
- 由于制造缺陷,手套纯度的假设可能是毫无根据的.
- 需要加强可接受质量限值 (AQL) 和生物负担标准的监管要求.
- 解决手套污染问题对于食品安全和职业健康至关重要.
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