Try These Outdoor Dining Safety Tips
Here's how to avoid food safety mishaps and pesky insects at outdoor meals
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Eating alfresco with family and friends can be one of summer’s many joys.
But outdoor dining can have some unique challenges in warmer temperatures, particularly a heightened risk of food spoilage.
Make Your Yard Less Bug-Friendly
You can thin out the populations of nuisance insects like yellowjackets and flies by hanging simple pesticide-free fly or yellowjacket traps at the edges of your property at least a week before your outdoor event. (Different types are available for each species from hardware stores.) Just be sure you take them down the day before you entertain.
Great Insect Repellents to Try
To help keep mosquitoes from biting, check out these highly rated insect repellents from CR’s tests.
Editor’s Note: A version of this article also appeared in the August 2023 issue of Consumer Reports On Health.
