Trick-Or-Treat Food Safety Tips from NC State University

With the COVID-19 pandemic still lingering, Ellen Shumaker, extension associate and Director of Outreach for Safe Plates at NC State University, sat down with NCSU’s The Abstract to discuss what trick-or-treating may look like this year and which foods to steer clear of. When trick-or-treating this year, “it’s really up to each person to decide their level of comfort with differing levels of risk,” Shumaker said. “As we know COVID-19 is primarily transmitted person-to-person, so with trick-or-treating, that comes with gathering in the streets and going up to houses – so that’s what I see as the biggest risk.”

https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/10/trick-or-treating-food-safety-tips/