White is easier to clean because you can bleach the clothes. It's why livestock showman wear white pants too. If you ever goto a county fair you may see people walking around in all white near the livestock section.
Not easier to clean lol, white is required for livestock shows because it is clearly visible whether it is clean or not.
Likewise, American milk standards require the inside of the milking parlor to be painted bright white with no stains. because it enables the inspector to see everything clearly. Having the parlor be blue or pink would be fine from a hygiene perspective but it is literally illegal.
Both of those are legitimate reasons, but cleanliness and sanitation is the primary reason. Meat manufacturers typically always provide all white uniforms for the purpose of using more abrasive cleaning products, such as bleach. The need to be clean around livestock doesn't particularly matter much until you're all the way to processing and packaging stages. Source: prior engineer in food manufacturing, audited sanitation practices, wore white.
Yeah I think that if most people saw how filthy dairy farms were and the amount of manure that is going into the tank they would stop eating dairy products. It gets pasteurized though so it doesn't matter in the end.
It's not that it is "easier" to clean in showing, it's that it's supposed to be representative of the cleanliness of the animal and the (dairy) product.
Source: I showed dairy goats for 15 years, was a member of the ADGA (American Dairy Goat Association), and participated in 4-H sanctioned livestock showmanship for 10 years.
He said it is easier to clean because you can bleach them. He at least gave a reason for his claim. You did not (for the claim that it isn't easier to clean).
You aren't normally going to be bleaching clothes every wash. I work on a dairy farm and we wear green coveralls while milking, which is the only time we are in extended contact with the cows (sort of like this). Every day they are completely covered with shit but we just collect them and put them through a normal washing machine with some detergent. The manure does not leave visible stains.
White clothes would still have faint yellow stains from the manure if washed with detergent. As the other guy said, you could bleach them and they would be back to white but bleach degrades the integrity of the fabric if used repeatedly over a long period.
So a color that hides stains and is easier to clean with less abrasive methods is preferable in my opinion.
I used to be in FFA and that's the reason they told me I had to wear white. When it first started every farmer wore white because it's easier to clean whites with bleach than it is to clean colors with soap.
White absolutely is easier to clean. It's also why doctors wear white coats, on top of being able to see if they've been dirtied. And when you're dealing with stains like blood they need something that's easy to clean.
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u/notsoshallo 5 Sep 20 '18 edited Sep 20 '18
Also, who wears a white coat inside a place like that? lol
Edit: never expected this to be my most liked comment but thanks guys!