DEAR ABBY: I read with interest the columns you printed about the importance of health-care professionals washing their hands. But what about food handlers?
Whenever I am at deli counters, I have had to ask the workers to please change their gloves. They leave the work area, open doors, go from bloody roast beef to cheese displays, then pleasantly ask, "May I help you?"
I have repeatedly requested that supermarket managers do something about it. Nothing gets done. It's disgusting. -- FRUSTRATED IN BRYANTVILLE, MASS.
DEAR FRUSTRATED: The employees you mentioned may not have received proper training; perhaps you would see some results if you complained to the county health department. If there isn't a regulation against this, there should be.