Mar. 25, 2014, Associated Press / Townhall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —
California lawmakers are beginning to back away from a new law that bans bare-hand
contact with food in restaurants and bars, with the Assembly Health Committee
voting unanimously Tuesday to repeal and revisit the regulation.
The vote follows opposition from
chefs and bartenders who say they were taken off guard by the new regulation.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last
year requiring restaurant workers to wear gloves or use utensils when handling
ready-to-eat food, including the rice in a sushi roll and the mint in a mojito.
It allows for exceptions if
eateries show good hygiene practices, but food industry representatives say
local regulators were granting them inconsistently.
California is among the last states
to adopt a bare-hand contact ban, already in place in 41 other states and
recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more than 20 years ago.
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