How Health Inspectors Are Ruining Sushi

Health inspectors are forcing sushi chefs to either wear gloves or close down. Please sign chef David Bouhadad s petition to stop them by clicking here: http://chn.ge/1iXyj8m Sushi Dojo and its Gansevoort Market spinoff Dojo Express have been closed since the last week in October, when the DOH inspectors found a number of violations including chefs handling raw fish without gloves. Since then, chef/proprietor David Bouhadana has been mounting a campaign to get the the DOH to change its rules regarding how sushi makers work with seafood (because it s more than just fish). "I did not make the choice, it chose me," Bouhadana explains. The chef is in the process of launching a Change.org petition aimed at convincing the DOH to change its rules. Bouhadana suggests that one option would be allowing chefs to continue to use their bare hands with a note on the menu indicating the potential risks, in the same way that some restaurants have notes about consuming raw seafood and meat. Bouhadana suggests that restaurants could also have signs indicating that the chefs use their bare hands. Last year, members of the hospitality industry launched a similar online petition against a glove law in California. It was repealed in July 2014. Some NYC sushi chefs chose to ignore the glove rule entirely, while many of them use their bare hands until the inspector comes in. Last week, a rep for the DOH told Eater: "The Health Department has seen widespread compliance throughout the City s sushi restaurants, and there are no plans to change the Health Code s rule about bare hand contact with ready to eat food." Click here to sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/mary-bassett-barehand-contact-license-for-sushi-establishments-in-new-york-city Special thanks to Sushi Seki http://sushiseki.com/ -------------------------- Eater is the one-stop-shop for food and restaurant obsessives across the country. With features, explainers, animations, recipes, and more — it s the most indulgent food content around. So get hungry. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel now!: http://goo.gl/hGwtF0 Check out more on Eater: http://www.eater.com/ Eater on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eater Lucas Peterson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucaspeterson Like Eater on Facebook: http://goo.gl/TA4Usd Like Eater LA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eaterla?_rdr=p View our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/plZhhc Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/I7tTMO Follow on Pinterest: http://goo.gl/Gyr7XL More at Eater Los Angeles: http://la.eater.com/ More at Eater New York: http://ny.eater.com/ More at Eater Chicago: http://chicago.eater.com/ Our Video Crew: https://www.eater.com/pages/masthead-video