Food safety expert urges caution with Easter meals, egg hunts as food safety risks rise

Food safety expert urges caution with Easter meals, egg hunts as food safety risks rise

As Canadians gather around the table for Easter celebrations this weekend, one food safety expert is reminding families to be mindful of food safety—especially when it comes to traditional meals and egg hunts.

​Kaisa Somerpalo is a Finnish food scientist, product developer and food influencer who knows food chemistry like the back of her hand. In Ilta-Sanomat, Somerpalo warns about six everyday foods that can be associated with serious food poisoning risks, especially for risk groups such as children, the elderly, pregnant women and immunocompromised people. These are the ones she avoids: 1. Leftovers from buffet food Food should not be kept on offer …