Last updated on November 7th, 2019 at 10:24 pm

5 Halloween Food Safety Tips For Trick-or-TreatTrick-or-Treating is a Halloween ritual for many children.  While we teach our kids not to accept candy from strangers, Halloween has become an exception.  Nonetheless, we must protect our children by making sure candy and treats they receive are safe to eat.

The following are 5 simple tips to follow, provided by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  1. Tell your children not to snack on treats before everything is inspected in their goody bags;
  2. Make sure your children do not accept anything that isn’t commercially wrapped;
  3. When inspecting treats, look for tears and poked holes in wrappers, throw out anything that looks suspect;
  4. If your child has a food allergy, check labels carefully for allergens;
  5. If you have Young children, remove shocking hazards like gum, peanuts, and hard candies

 

On October 30, 2019   /   News  
Rada Tarnovsky
Rada Tarnovsky
https://www.lettergradeconsulting.com/
Rada Tarnovsky is a practicing attorney, who co-founded Letter Grade Consulting to help food service operators comply with regulations set forth by the NYC Department of Health.  Servicing restaurants, hotels, theatres, corporate cafeterias and schools, Letter Grade Consulting provides operators with preemptive solutions, education and training to sustain the highest level of food safety, remain inspection ready and maintain the “A” in the window. Rada can be reached at