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Can medical gloves come into direct contact with food?
1970-01-01

Medical gloves are divided into sterilized gloves, rubber gloves, latex gloves, nitrile gloves, polyethylene gloves, PVC gloves, etc. Among them, medical rubber gloves are made of natural rubber and are divided into two categories: powder-free and powdered. The powder is cornstarch or talcum powder, the main purpose is to prevent the gloves from sticking together on the one hand, and to facilitate wearing on the other.

Of course, powdered medical gloves are not recommended as edible gloves to use, although the purpose of talcum powder is for ease of wear, and not toxic, but not edible, corn starch is also food grade, but it is not recommended to use powdered medical gloves as edible gloves.

However, if it is a non-powdered medical glove, it can be used as an edible glove. In fact, when doctors examine patients, wearing gloves may contact the patient's mouth and skin surface, from this we can also determine that medical gloves are allowed to contact human mucous membranes, of course, as edible gloves are no obstacle.

Disposable PE gloves, made of polyethylene, is a transparent plastic gloves, PE gloves are waterproof, oil-proof, anti-bacteria, acid and alkali resistant as well as anti-bacterial features. It is very easy to use, and because its surface is processed by concave and convex, it can be anti-adhesive, and can be mixed with left and right hands, it has now become a widely used product.

PE gloves are often used in household cleaning, laboratory testing, mechanical gardening, food, hygiene and industrial and agricultural protection, hair dyeing, care washing, dining, etc. Almost all the disposable transparent gloves seen in life are PE gloves, in plain language, PE gloves can touch food, non-toxic.

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