On: What I Learned From Making Hot Sauce at Scale in China

[reaperducer]

nobody seems to be wearing either latex gloves or masks in any of the photos

In a different version of the same story, there are photos of the workers who actually handle the food using gloves:

https://www.thecleaverquarterly.com/stories/sichuan-chili-cr...

[jrochkind1 → reaperducer]

Gloves are overrated anyway. They're the "security theater" of food prep hygiene.

http://foodsafety.psu.edu/angel/fssbook/unit_2/module_4/docs...

(Although I'd imagine you'd want gloves for protection of the _workers_ when dealing with chilis!).