Search
Eagle Protect™ Eagle Protect™
  • Menu
  • Products
    • New
    • Gloves
    • Protective Clothing
    • Hygiene & Disinfection
    • Bibs & Wipes
    • Dispensers
  • About Us
    • Environmentally Better
    • Ethically Sourced
    • Products Certified Safe
    • Case Studies
    • Press Releases
    • Quote Books
  • Customer Service
    • Contact Us
    • Meet The Team
    • Privacy Policy
  • Resources
    • Covid-19
    • Food Safety
    • Medical
    • Disposable Glove Essentials
    • Sustainability
    • Media
  • Blog
  • Search
    • Products
      • New
      • Gloves
      • Protective Clothing
      • Hygiene & Disinfection
      • Bibs & Wipes
      • Dispensers
    • About Us
      • Environmentally Better
      • Ethically Sourced
      • Products Certified Safe
      • Case Studies
      • Press Releases
      • Quote Books
    • Customer Service
      • Contact Us
      • Meet The Team
      • Privacy Policy
    • Resources
      • Covid-19
      • Food Safety
      • Medical
      • Disposable Glove Essentials
      • Sustainability
      • Media
    • Blog
    • LOGIN
    Blog Menu
    Recent Articles
    • Tue, Dec 08, 20 Why Covid-19 is Affecting Labour Exploitation in Glove Manufacturing
    • Thu, Nov 19, 20 4 Major Factors Causing Glove Price Increases
    • Wed, Oct 07, 20 Selecting the Correct Medical Face Mask
    • Fri, Jul 17, 20 Glove Risks in Your Supply Chain
    • Mon, Jul 13, 20 Glove Material Comparison
    • Fri, Jul 10, 20 Cost-effective Disposable Glove Option
    Categories
    • Bcorp
    • Child labor free
    • Covid-19
    • Dental
    • Food
    • Hand hygiene
    • Medical
    • New product
    • Sustainability
    RSS Feed

    Why New Gloves are Contaminated

    Mon, Sep 10, 18

    bateria in a petri dish

    New and unused disposable gloves should be clean, you shouldn’t expect anything but! However, large varieties of bacterial contamination of new and unused single-use gloves have been tested for in scientific studies. Results showed gloves were contaminated with pathogens responsible for foodborne illnesses (FBI's), human skin bacteria and pathogenic contaminants. 

    Recent testing of new, unused gloves, conducted by Eagle Protect together with internationally recognised microbiologist Barry Michaels, has further confirmed the presence of pathogens and microbes responsible for FBI's (including E. coli and Staphylococcus), and those specific to food spoilage and occupational skin disease. These findings are due specifically to:

    1. Poor sanitation of glove factories
    2. The polluted water source used for glove manufacturing processes

    The origins of these microbes and pathogens have been traced specifically to:

    • Polluted surface water from agricultural, industrial and urban run-off
    • Wastewater, human faeces and animal gut bacteria
    • Factory water filtration units
    • Glove drying cycles
    • Human skin bacteria
    • Paperboard packaging 

    Glove manufacturing is largely unregulated, and cleanliness and sanitation is not accounted for in FDA compliant glove testing. Gloves with FDA compliance for food handling or approved for medical use are not tested for their bacterial or bioburden load.  

    Why is this becoming an issue?

    If you have an Organic Certification or are testing for specific microbes or toxins on your products, the gloves handling your products must be clean, non-toxic and free from harmful pathogens which have the potential to contaminate. 

    We are increasingly being asked for proof by our customers with an Organic Certification that our gloves are free from fungicides, pesticides and toxins. Our supplier certification states these should not be present based on original documentation provided, and both our gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and cytotoxicity tests confirm there is no indication for the presence of fungicides or pesticides or toxins. Eagle goes one step further to verify our supplier testing, to absolutely guarantee our product quality and safety.

    Read more about our Fingerprint Check testing and how we verify our food-safe certified disposable gloves; assurance for your products and reputation.

    Find out more button

    • Tag:
    • Food
    • ← Older Post
    • Newer Post →
    Recent Articles
    • Tue, Dec 08, 20 Why Covid-19 is Affecting Labour Exploitation in Glove Manufacturing
    • Thu, Nov 19, 20 4 Major Factors Causing Glove Price Increases
    • Wed, Oct 07, 20 Selecting the Correct Medical Face Mask
    • Fri, Jul 17, 20 Glove Risks in Your Supply Chain
    • Mon, Jul 13, 20 Glove Material Comparison
    • Fri, Jul 10, 20 Cost-effective Disposable Glove Option
    Categories
    • Bcorp
    • Child labor free
    • Covid-19
    • Dental
    • Food
    • Hand hygiene
    • Medical
    • New product
    • Sustainability
    RSS Feed
    BCorp logo

    © 2021 Eagle Protect, a division of Eagle Direct Ltd