The use of food safety gloves for specific uses, including the handling of ready-to-eat foods, is required in commercial kitchens by federal and state regulations. However, some glove use reduction may be possible without compromising food safety objectives. For example, gloves may not be necessary for tasks that don’t involve food contact, for contact with food that is about to be cooked, or when serving food with utensils where no hand contact will occur. Preliminary observations by the Compass team found numerous instances of gloves being worn for tasks that don’t require them. Training teams on correct glove use may result in some glove use reduction.