Costco requires all employees to complete food-safety training, and managers must obtain additional education and certification approved by the National Environmental Health Association and the American National Standards Institute. Product demonstrations are handled by contracted staff from Club Demonstration Services (CDS), who follow strict hygiene rules including frequent changing of non-latex gloves, visible white hairnets for hair and facial hair, and prohibition of jewelry except a plain wedding ring. CDS requires demonstrators to serve samples on trays rather than hand them directly. Demonstrators cooking or reheating Kirkland Signature items must follow USDA guidelines to keep food out of the " danger zone." All CDS demonstrators must pass Costco's food certification test.
Since you can have more than one sample, some shoppers make a lunch out of Costco's free smorgasbord, which can range from meatballs to cheese nibs to slivers of deli and lunch meat. With so many people hovering around the product demonstrator's table, you may wonder about Costco's hygiene practices and whether the food samples are safe to eat. Fear not, because Costco takes food safety very seriously.
The product demonstrators, however, are not Costco employees but are contracted by Club Demonstration Services (CDS), Costco's preferred product-marketing provider. CDS also has very strict regulations for hygiene practices for all its employees, which include the frequent changing of non-latex gloves, visible white hairnets for hair and facial hair, and no jewelry other than a plain wedding ring. CDS also emphasizes that product demonstrators must never directly hand samples to Costco members but should instead serve them on trays.
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