Food Allergy Horrors at Halloween

Cinzia Cuneo 29 ottobre, 2013 allergie, bambini

When you have a child suffering from a food allergy, Halloween celebrations are sure to make you break out into a cold sweat. Here are some tips to enjoy the party in total safety.

Trick-or-treating

• Don’t let your child go all alone from house to house in the neighbourhood
• Remind him/her that he/she can only eat the candy after you have examined it
• Carry his epinephrine auto-injector with you (in case he’s not so … “obedient”)

Sorting out the treats

• After returning home, carefully check the collected treats.
• Get rid of homemade items and those whose packaging contains no list of ingredients.
• Carefully read the labels of each of the treats that contain it. The list of ingredients of a known product may be altered at any time and the composition of the same product may vary according to size.
• Beware of cross-contamination. A handful of peanuts in your child’s pumpkin could contaminate the entire contents, if he is allergic to this food.
• When in doubt, don’t take any risks: Contact the manufacturer… or throw it out!

A special thanks to Nina Cuneo for this pumpkin picture.

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Cinzia Cuneo

Italiana di nascita e canadese d'adozione, Cinzia ha deciso di coniugare le sue competenze professionali e la sua passione per la buona tavola sviluppando un servizio per aiutare i numerosi «aventi bisogno» a riprendere il controllo della loro alimentazione. Così è nata SOSCuisine. Ingegnere di formazione al Politecnico di Torino, Cinzia ha conseguito un Master's Degree in scienze applicate all'École Polytechnique de Montréal.