Shandee Chernow is the CEO of Certistar, a service that helps restaurants accommodate customers with food allergies safely using their dedicated platform. She’s also the host of ShandeeLand, an entertaining and informative podcast that explores food allergies, business, and life’s moments.
Safety -- whether it's to prevent COVID-19 or food poisoning -- is of the utmost importance this summer.
For a picnic, my overarching suggestion would be to completely avoid any allergens that anyone on the picnic suffers from, If that’s not possible, I would want to make sure that the food including the allergen is packed in a separate container and even in a separate basket or bag. That way, if something spills or escapes its container, it isn’t contaminating the other foods.