Try Food Info Cards at Holiday Parties this year

For the safety of family and friends try using food information cards at holiday parties this year. With so many food allergies these days, Daby Snipes with Safe Kids Upstate says food safety is crucial. “Food can be poisonous. If it needs to be chilled, it needs to sit in a bowl with ice, it should not sit on your table for four hours without anything like that and do not put that back, that needs to be thrown away. You also have to think about allergies of all kinds as well as things like caffeine. I was at a gathering with our department and it was a cookie swap. Well, I deal with diabetes so I couldn’t really enjoy a cookie so somebody brought a veggie tray, great idea. So try to do a variety that someone could enjoy. Listing the ingredients is so important with peanuts, gluten, and other things like that. Sometimes you just don’t know especially if people bring food. How hard would it be to have an index card or a little Christmas card and ask people to write down what something is and what it is made of, so folks will know. Its a great way to share recipes too.” Please follow this food safety advice to help ensure you and your family and friends have fun and stay safe this holiday season.