Trick-or-treat food safety tips for Halloween
October 21, 2018
Halloween celebrations can be a trick or a treat when it comes to food safety. While Halloween offers plenty of make-believe fun, it also brings real food safety risks.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the most common food-borne illness is Salmonella infections. Approximately 50 percent of the 42,000 annual Salmonella infections occur in infants and school-age children, the prime trick-or-treaters.
“Children under the age of 5 are at an increased risk for food-borne illness because their immune systems are still developing,” said Ravi Jadeja...
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