A California law that required workers to wear gloves while handling "ready-to-eat" food has been repealed months after its introduction, allowing sushi chefs to once again offer delicacies to customers in the traditional fashion.

Ready-to-eat foods don't require additional cooking or heating when served to customers. Beside sushi, the category also includes cold meats, sandwiches and garnishes. The law was intended to prevent the spread of food-borne illnesses.

"The old feeling has come back," said Toshiaki Toyoshima, owner of the popular Los Angeles restaurant Sushi Gen, who has been making sushi for nearly fifty years.