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The basic rule to remember regarding food safety is that if something will go inside your body or will touch something that goes inside your body it should not come in contact with anything that is unclean. This sounds like a very simple rule and it really can and should be. Unfortunately this basic rule of food safety is violated systematically and repeatedly on many other cycling events because either the staff and/or the participants are not aware of what they need to do to stay safe.

Take a second to really consider what can be on your hands and gloves after cycling twenty miles or more. Here's some hints: dirt, snot, sweat, bugs, blood, urine, feces, dog poop and god knows what else. Don't forget - these things will be on the hands of other participants as well. YUCK!

Accordingly, we require you to remove your cycling gloves and wipe your hands with the baby wipes we will provide at all food service locations before you reach for any food or drink items. Ideally, you should wash your hands with soap and water as well. Doing these simple actions will significantly decrease the risk of foodborne illness that can be transmitted from your filthy hands, a known and proven source of food borne illnesses from the major cycling event described below.

Quick Food Safety Story: On another major cycling event in 2003 there was a severe outbreak of diarrhea and the health department had to get involved to determine the source of the contamination. They determined that it was from the event ice supply because one of the riders had decided it was OK for him to stick his hands directly into the ice supply to take ice for his water bottle after going to the bathroom and not washing his hands. You get the idea.

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