FSM 307: Food Safety for Halloween Parties

[music] This is Food Safety in a Minute. I’m Susie Craig. Planning a Halloween party this year? Robert Gravani, food science Professor Emeritus at Cornell University has these recommendations to prevent foodborne illness at your party: • If serving perishable foods such as sandwiches, cheese and fruit platters, or desserts with whipped crème or crème cheese frostings, refrigerate until serving. Avoid leaving them out for more than two hours. • Serve pasteurized cider and juices. Unpasteurized juices may have disease-causing E. coli or Salmonella. • Skip bobbing for apples. Consider making apples from construction paper with a paper clip at the top. Use a stick or line with a magnet attached to fish for apples. • Before any food preparation, wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds, drying with a paper towel. This is Food Safety in a Minute from Washington State University Extension. [music] Resources: Pilet, Jonan. Food Safety Tips for This Halloween with Food Safety Expert Robert Gravani. Food Safety News. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/10/food-safety-tips-for-this-halloween-with-food-safety-expert-robert-gravani/#:~:text=Institute%20of%20Food%20Technologists%20member%20expert%20and%20Cornell. Accessed online 9/24/24.