Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming unprocessed, unrefrigerated apple butter received as a gift.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Can Fruits
• Carla Schwan | UGA FACS
• Home - Texas Cottage Food Law
• Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving:
• Apple Butter Recipe - NYT Cooking

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a chicken taco in a backpack for a day and a half.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• 270. Rice, Chicken, and Lo Mein Leftovers — Risky or Not?
• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "@joellabes @PatrickRothfuss #Risky Pico de Gallo is not an antimicrobial!
• Cubano sandwiches with Clostridium perfringens found in Alaska investigation | Food Safety News
• Notes from the Field: Clostridium perfringens Outbreak at a Catered Lunch — Connecticut, September 2016 | MMWR
• Clostridium perfringens Foodborne Outbreak during an Athletic Event in Northern Greece, June 2019
• NC church barbecue cited as link to outbreak that sickened 300 | Fox News
• The Never-Ending Battle Against Sport's Hidden Foe - The New York Times

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cold-soaking freeze-dried backpacking food for 8 hours.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• The Outer Banks | Things To Do, Hotels & Restaurants
• Mountain House Pad Thai with Chicken - 2 Servings | REI Co-op
• Cold-Soak No-Cook Backpacking Meals 101 - SectionHiker.com
• Home - Philmont Scout Ranch High Adventure- Cimarron NM
• Accidental Tech Podcast
• Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
• "Pro Macs Triumph Black" graphic tee by Accidental Tech Podcast. | Cotton Bureau
• The microbiological quality of various foods dried by applying different drying methods: a review

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of transmitting COVID-19 when cooking while COVID-19 positive

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Gabrielle Schaffner on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman here's a #riskyornot question: COVID + person, 5 days from + test, no symptoms…risky or not to cook for family members in isolation, without a mask on? (Cooking masked is really getting old but I'm willing!)" / Twitter
• Potential for foodborne transmission Covid-19: » Meat Industry Association
• Is It Safe to Cook for Other People During Coronavirus? | Food Network Healthy Eats: Recipes, Ideas, and Food News | Food Network
• 270. Rice, Chicken, and Lo Mein Leftovers — Risky or Not?
• Food Safety and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | CDC

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation | CDC
• Computational fluid dynamics - Wikipedia
• Do revolving doors actually save energy? - Vox
• Modifying Habits Towards Sustainability: A Study of Revolving Door Usage on the Mit Campus
• Air Infiltration through revolving doors
• Linsey C. Marr | Civil & Environmental Engineering | Virginia Tech

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking with a himalayan soup salter on a rope.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• not a bot on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Himalayan Soup Salter: Risky or Not? I assume the salt block would be safe, but what about the rope? Dipping in stews, soups, and chili and just rinsing between uses? https://t.co/x47abYjtHV" / Twitter
• Evaluation of oral fluids for surveillance of foodborne and zoonotic pathogens in pig farms - Franziska Schott, Karolin Hoffmann, Eleonora Sarno, Patrick D. Bangerter, Roger Stephan, Gudrun Overesch, Michael Haessig, Xaver Sidler, Robert Graage, 2021

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating 13 year old tapioca flour.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• haroldina on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman I've got a bag of tapioca flour that's was opened back when I got it 13 years ago and stored in a ziplock bag in my pantry since then. There aren't any bugs in it and it's not clumped at all, so I expect it didn't get any moisture in it 1/2" / Twitter
• Don Schaffner argues about math on twitter
• An unusual case of anaphylaxis. Mold in pancake mix - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from salt rising bread.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• neil chazin on Twitter: "@atlasobscura @bugcounter thoughts on this bread method?" / Twitter
• The Forgotten Baking Technique That Turns Bacteria Into Delicious, Cheesy Bread - Gastro Obscura
• Food Safety Talk 84: All the Great Journals — Food Safety Talk
• Microbiology of salt rising bread - PubMed
• ‎mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wvpn/files/201404/microbiologySRB.pdf
• 264. Kapchunka — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of shock, multiple organ failure, and rash after eating rice, chicken, and lo mein leftovers.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Case Challenge — A 19-Year-Old Man with Shock, Multiple Organ Failure, and Rash — NEJM
• Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) / Twitter
• Meningococcal Disease | CDC
• What a Food Safety Expert Says About Storing Leftovers After Teen's Food Poisoning-Amputation Case Goes Viral | Inside Edition
• BAM Chapter 14: Bacillus cereus | FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cake licked by a cat.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Goudy Bold Italic on Twitter: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter @firstbornspawn Risky or not: cake that a cat has been licking. Not frosted, plain top with occasional crumb topping. (Extra credit: gross or not?) Just happened, is it rude to not want to take home leftover cake after your hosts' cat has licked it?" / Twitter
• Cats | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC
• 'I'm not a cat': lawyer gets stuck on Zoom kitten filter during court case - YouTube
• Anaplasma, Ehrlichia and Rickettsia species infections in cats: European guidelines from the ABCD on prevention and management - Maria Grazia Pennisi, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, Alan D Radford, Séverine Tasker, Sándor Belák, Diane D Addie, Corine Boucraut-Baralon, Herman Egberink, Tadeusz Frymus, Tim Gruffydd-Jones, Katrin Hartmann, Marian C Horzinek, Margaret J Hosie, Albert Lloret, Hans Lutz, Fulvio Marsilio, Etienne Thiry, Uwe Truyen, Karin Möstl, 2017
• Detection of Bartonella henselae in domestic cats' saliva

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating peanut butter linked to a food poisoning outbreak more than a decade ago.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Robbie Trencheny on Twitter: "@westernunion2k @bugcounter" / Twitter
• ConAgra Agrees to Pay $11.2 Million for Salmonella Outbreak | Food Safety News
• December 13, 2016: Conagra Subsidiary Sentenced in Connection with Outbreak of Salmonella Poisoning Related to Peanut Butter | FDA
• Survival of Salmonella in peanut butter and peanut butter spread - Burnett - 2000 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• Fate of Salmonella Tennessee in peanut butter at 4 and 22 degrees C - PubMed
• Is trying to sell a recalled food product illegal - Hell, yes! | Marler Blog
• Vintage Antique Peter Pan Peanut Butter Jar w/ Lid & Original Paper Label | eBay

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from guacamole made from ingredients with a mouse turd nearby.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Mr. Show - Pre-Taped Call-in Show - YouTube
• U.S. suspends Mexican avocado imports after threat to inspector
• TK on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Wife had a three tier bowl in kitchen. Garlic on top tier, then onions next, then potatoes. Made guac today (using onion and garlic) and then prepped potatoes for instant pot. Found a 🐭 dropping behind the bowl after food prep.Risky or not for guac?" / Twitter
• Sprinkles - Wikipedia
• Milk Chocolate Sprinkles by De Ruijter, 13.4 oz. (380 g) | Yummy Bazaar
• How are Cockroaches and Palmetto Bugs Different? | Orkin

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of a Molten Chocolate Lava Cake recipe suggested by front of the show Dr. Linda Harris

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• The Best and The Easiest Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes - Averie Cooks
• Presentation: Mug Cakes Baked in Microwave Ovens: The Influence of Baking Time and Internal Temperature on Risk of Foodborne Illness (IAFP 2017)
• Molten Chocolate Cakes Recipe | Kraft Canada Cooking
• Validation of a Simulated Commercial Frying Process to Control Salmonella in Donuts - PubMed
• Desserts : Red Fish Grill Restaurant : New Orleans, Louisiana
• Thermal inactivation of Salmonella during hard and soft cookies baking process - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating shrimp harvested from a sewer and washed in a bathroom.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Billy Bostickson 🏴👁&👁 🆓 on Twitter: "4. More Sewer Shrimp Photos "A series of disturbing photos have exposed the antics of shrimp sellers in Wuhan who were seen scavenging shrimp from the sewers to sell to the unsuspecting public" https://t.co/ixHubGEjcG https://t.co/WUTarPqs1Z" / Twitter
• Photos Show Vendors in China Using 'Sewer Shrimp' to Make Street Food
• Chinese people still cooking with 'fatbergs' from sewer as coronavirus crisis deepens - Daily Star
• Stocking your Aquarium: Dive into the World of Freshwater Shrimp
• Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood | Food Safety News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Kapchunka.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Russ & Daughters on Instagram: "It's our bagel corner now, but do you know what used to hang in its place? KAPCHUNKAS. Yes, this #tbt we're evoking the old-school…"
• Kamchatka Peninsula - Wikipedia
• Botulism Associated with Commercially Distributed Kapchunka – New York City
• International Outbreak of Type E Botulism Associated With Ungutted, Salted Whitefish
• CPG Sec 540.650 Uneviscerated Fish Products that are Salt-cured, Dried, or Smoked (Revised) | FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating foods labeled as "made in a facility" with a food to which you are allergic.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Food Allergy Research & Education
• Food Allergy Research and Resource Program | Nebraska
• Which Allergens Are in Your Food? You Can't Always Tell From the Labels - The New York Times
• Food Allergen Labeling and Purchasing Habits in the United States and Canada - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of steak, cooked on the use-by date and eaten two days later.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Justin on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman #RiskyOrNot eating leftover pre-cut steak (i.e., stir fry steak) that was cooked on the "use by" date 2 days after the "use by" date. (In my mind, the game clock reset when I cooked it, but my wife wants an expert opinion.)" / Twitter
• Listeria - Wikipedia
• Food Product Dating | Food Safety and Inspection Service

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks faced by Ben's son Sam when Sam eats plowed up snow and ice at his school.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Amazon.com : Trideer Inflated Wobble Cushion - Wiggle Seat for Sensory Kids(Multiple Colors), Core Balance Disc (Extra Thick), Flexible Seating for All Age(Office & School & Home) (34cm Avocado) : Sports & Outdoors
• 113. Eating Snow — Risky or Not?
• Letterkenny (TV series) - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a "cook in bag meal" designed to be cooked in a slow cooker when cooked in a slow cooker.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Cook-in-Bag Entrees: Delicious flavor, cooks perfect every time - YouTube
• Cook-in-Bag Meat Entrees - Wegmans
• Cook-in-Bag Meat Entrees - Wegmans
• Cook-in-Bag Meals - Wegmans
• Slow cookers and food safety | UMN Extension

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks eating a food or at a restaurant again, after (you think) it made you sick.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Report Food Poisoning Now. Protect Others.
• Patrick Quade on Twitter: ""…one more shot", "…have my husband try it" - we get quite a few 'double down' reports like this. We think it's generally not a good idea. Thoughts? @benjaminchapman @bugcounter @okieokra @c_zoellner #iwaspoisoned https://t.co/UffU9hXcb8" / Twitter
• Leftovers Make You sick? What you need to know
• Food Safety Talk 254: Bridge-Tunnel-Bridge-Tunnel — Food Safety Talk
• Toffee-tastic® | Little Brownie Bakers

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of re-using boxed fish fry stored at room temperature.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• 246. Re-Using Plastic Bags — Risky or Not?
• Zatarain's® Crispy Southern Fish Fri | Zatarain's
• The Places of Athens throughout the Decades | Magazine | redandblack.com
• Athens, GA Restaurant Behind R.E.M.'s "Automatic for the People" to Close - Eater

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks eating sous vide brisket cooked for one month at 131 °F.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• I COOKED a Brisket for a MONTH and this happened! - YouTube
• 180. Stinky Sous Vide — Risky or Not?
• ComBase

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sniffing milk instead using expiration dates.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Morrisons scraps use by dates on milk in favour of sniff test | News | The Grocer
• Short communication: Bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States - ScienceDirect
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a cause of infectious diarrhoea - PubMed
• Identification and Pathogenic Potential of Clinical Bacillus and Paenibacillus Isolates - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of lining wooden beer casks with pine pitch in Czech tradition.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• The Caipirinha: Fun to Make, Easy to Drink, Hard to Pronounce - Article - FineCooking
• How to Make Pine Rosin Potatoes
• Toxic Woods, British Journal of Dermatology
• Familial Sarcoidosis: Epidemiological Aspects with Notes on a Possible Relationship to the Chewing of Pine Pitch | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
• Google Translate of "Untersuchungen über gesundheitsschädigende Hölzer"
• How to Make Pine Pitch
• Historical Notes on Barrel Pitching | Community | BeerAdvocate
• Brewerey u Bansethu - Review of U Bansethu, Prague, Czech Republic - Tripadvisor
• History Byte – Barrel Pitching – The Black Creek Growler
• Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Lining casks with pitch

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a do it yourself pizza oven from TikTok.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• The Flintstones would be so proud 😭 #fypシ #pizzastone #diy #cheaptok #pizza #camping #backyard #easydiy
• Rodrigo on TikTok
• MSDS for paving stones
• Is Concrete Toxic?

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Scott Lougheed on Twitter: "Opened up a jar of last year's mincemeat. Ambiguous seal. No signs of spoilage. Ate a teaspoon: Tastes good. 36hrs passed and no sign of botulism (or other illness). Risky or not @benjaminchapman and @bugcounter?" / Twitter
• Recipes | Mary Berry
• Mincemeat - Wikipedia
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Can Fruits
• Suet - Wikipedia
• Christmas Brandied Mince Tarts | King Arthur Baking
• Internet Goes Wild After Photo of Sqirl's Moldy Jam Goes Viral - Eater LA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of licking Taste the TV.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Randal Oulton on Twitter: "@bugcounter risky or not https://t.co/1wiQ8anaKR" / Twitter
• Taste the TV: Japan invents lickable screen to imitate food flavours | Japan | The Guardian
• Tasty TV: Japanese professor creates flavourful screen | Reuters
• Taste the TV: Japanese professor invents lickable TV screen | wtsp.com
• Smell-O-Vision - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating properly stored rehydrated black eye peas not boiled for 20 minutes.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "@PulsedAlmondboy @benjaminchapman I have so many questions. It seems that these are already cooked. Why does the label recommend washing? The directions say boil uncovered for 20 minutes, but then it also says don't overcook. Boiling for 20 minutes sure seems like overcooking to me." / Twitter
• Black Eye Peas | Sunny Creek Farm
• Traditional Southern New Year's Day Menu - A Southern Soul

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pasta with sauce and turkey left out overnight.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Use of Time-Temperature Evaluations in Detecting the Responsible Vehicle and Contributing Factors of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks | Journal of Food Protection
• Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks bringing frozen unrefrigerated peameal bacon across the Canada/US border by car.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Back bacon - Wikipedia
• Peameal bacon - Wikipedia
• Can I bring meat or poultry into the United States?
• USDA APHIS | International Traveler: Meats, Poultry, and Seafood

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw cured bacon.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "@mathowie @busblog Hey Matt, this is a great question. As raw meats go, bacon is pretty low risk. Based on this research done by my colleague Cathy Cutter @drkitty92 and her graduate student https://t.co/QgxuvlT5Au it looks like conventional bacon is pretty good at inhibiting pathogens." / Twitter
• Investigation of Quality Attributes and Inhibition of Foodborne Pathogens in "No-Nitrate or Nitrite-Added" Bacon
• Risk Assessment of Human Toxoplasmosis Associated with the Consumption of Pork Meat in Italy - Condoleo - 2018 - Risk Analysis - Wiley Online Library
• Myth: The Use of Celery Powder to Cure Some Meats is Misleading
• What Will Happen If You Eat Undercooked Bacon?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of accidentally feeding rancid breadcrumbs to your kids.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Piccata - Wikipedia
• Rancidification - Wikipedia
• Dietary advanced lipid oxidation endproducts are risk factors to human health - Kanner - 2007 - Molecular Nutrition & Food Research - Wiley Online Library
• Bread crumbs - Wikipedia
• An unusual case of anaphylaxis. Mold in pancake mix - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks re-using plastic bags.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Slugore on Twitter: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter I am wondering about your views on washing and reusing resealable plastic food storage bags. Risky or not? Worth it or not?" / Twitter

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Veronica Bryant (@NoroNerd) / Twitter
• Mary Kathrynn (@marydidyaknow) / Twitter
• Microbiological quality of ice used to refrigerate foods - ScienceDirect
• Ice as a vehicle for diarrheagenic Escherichia coli - ScienceDirect
• Ice sculpture - Wikipedia
• Multi-pathogen waterborne disease outbreak associated with a dinner cruise on Lake Michigan - PubMed
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PubMed

From David W. Tharp, Executive Director, International Association for Food Protection: I'm not sure when this "tradition" began, but I'm fairly certain that there was an ice sculpture at my first meeting in 1993. From memory, Charlie Felix was the liaison to the Packaged Ice Association (now International Packaged Ice Association). Charlie worked from 1966 to 1985 for the Foodservice and Packaging Institute (per his LinkedIn profile). He became a publisher and consultant after 1985 and was active in IAFP through 2012.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food held out of temperature control for 6 hours.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Hors d'oeuvre - Wikipedia
• Mini Ham Quiches Recipe: How to Make It
• Frank's RedHot® Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe | Frank's RedHot® US
• ComBase
• Food Safety Talk 79: You're Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) — Food Safety Talk

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming Baileys Irish Cream that has been unrefrigerated for 6 months.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Merch — Food Safety Talk
• helloLCBO | Shelf Life & Storage of Cream Liqueurs - General Knowledge
• John Roderick Performs "The Week Between" - YouTube
• Ultimate Guide to Baileys: Does It Go Bad? – The Kitchen Community

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brushing teeth with well water in a town in Ontario.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Helpless - YouTube
• Omemee, Ontario - Wikipedia
• Walkerton E. coli outbreak - Wikipedia
• Set it and forget it! The greatest infomercial tagline? - YouTube
• Medical officer of health - Wikipedia
• Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee’s water supply caused widespread illness

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding pesto unrefrigerated for an extended period of time.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Boxing Day - Wikipedia
• Current Food Safety Issues of Home-prepared Vegetables and Herbs Stored in Oil
• Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification. | AJPH | Vol. 80 Issue 11
• Outgrowth and Toxin Production by Clostridium botulinum in Bottled Chopped Garlic | Journal of Food Protection

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of "lightly" pasteurized orange juice left at room temperature for 24 hours

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Our Story | Simply® Beverages
• CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 - definition of pasteurization
• Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice — Georgia and Florida, September 2006
• International Outbreak of Severe Botulism with Prolonged Toxemia Caused by Commercial Carrot Juice | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Amazon.com: Customer Questions & Answers
• Ultra-high-temperature processing - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating turkey meatballs dropped on Jimmy Kimmels steps.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Happy birthday to @jimmykimmellive. Not only can this guy host the Oscars but he's a great dad, an incredible pizza chef, and he even has to-go boxes at his house! So much love for this generous and hilarious person. ❤️ #jimmykimmel #meatballs #italian #birthday #comedy #talkshowhost #dinner #partyfoul #storytime #story #funnystory #fyp #fy #fypage
• Sorry, But The 5-Second Rule Was Debunked by Science Yet Again
• A systematic look at the five-second rule: Miranda and Schaffner edition | barfblog
• https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.01838-16

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking raw egg eggnog refrigerated for 6 months.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Plan Ahead: 30-Day Eggnog - Ruhlman
• Survival of pathogenic microorganisms in an egg-nog-like product containing 7% ethanol - ScienceDirect
• If Eggnog Has Eggs in it, Why Is it Safe to Drink? | NC State News
• Would you like some eggs with your cocktail? | barfblog
• Tainted Eggnog Fatal to 4 Residents of a County Nursing Home in Jersey - The New York Times
• The Safe Way to Enjoy Eggnog This Winter | Homegrown | NC State University

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food near a sewage treatment plant.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Death and miasma in Victorian London: an obstinate belief | The BMJ
• Application of electronic nose as a non-invasive technique for odor fingerprinting and detection of bacterial foodborne pathogens: a review

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating 2,400 year old soup.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• (4) Brett Weed on Twitter: "Hey @benjaminchapman and @bugcounter, eating 2,400 year old soup—#riskyornot?" / Twitter
• Museum Archive on Twitter: "In 2010, Chinese archaeologists unearthed a 2,400-year-old bone soup in a sealed bronze cooking vessel near Xi'an in Northwest China. Because of oxidization, the soup turned green, but it was still in liquid form, and the bones were still floating on top https://t.co/IPolPGproi" / Twitter
• In 2010, Chinese archaeologists unearthed a 2,400-year-old bone soup in a sealed bronze cooking vessel near Xi'an in Northwest China. Because of oxidization, the soup turned green, but it was still in liquid form, and the bones were still floating on top [500x750] : ArtefactPorn
• Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old 'soup' - BBC News
• Crystalline Preparation of Botulinum Toxin Type a (Botox): Degradation in Potency with Storage - Michael G. Gartlan, Henry T. Hoffman, 1993
• Measuring the potency labelling of onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) and incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®) in an LD50 assay | SpringerLink
• Botox: A review - ProQuest
• Chinese archaeologists soon to taste 2400-year-old soup and wine?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating unheated instant hot cocoa powder.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• 43 Folders is not a prod-cast, it's just a good website
• Merch — Risky or Not?
• 11th Microbial Challenge Workshop - 2021 - International Association for Food Protection
• How to eat Ramen like a boss : comics
• Nestlé Recalls Chocolate Powder for Salmonella Risk | Food Safety News
• I secretly like to eat hot chocolate powdered mix by itself right out of the packet. Reddit, what delicious food quirks are you ashamed of? : AskReddit
• 47: Peanut Butter Fingering — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding salmon at 43 °F for 15 hours.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• When Is Hanukkah (Chanukah) Celebrated in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? - Hanukkah Dates - Chanukah - Hanukkah
• Risk of Growth and Toxin Production by Clostridium botulinum Nonproteolytic Types B, E, and F in Salmon Fillets Stored Under Modified Atmospheres at Low and Abused Temperatures | Journal of Food Protection
• Conservative Prediction of Time to Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation for Use with Time-Temperature Indicators To Ensure the Safety of Foods | Journal of Food Protection

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating lasagna that is made over a 100 hour time period.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• White elephant - Wikipedia
• Yankee Swap Rules –
• 100-Hour Lasagna - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating produce stickers.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• (19) sjh_canada on Twitter: "@bugcounter https://t.co/88nt7VNjSB" / Twitter
• Does It Matter if I Eat the Stickers on Fruits and Vegetables? - The New York Times
• Natural-Light Labeling of Tomatoes Does Not Facilitate Growth or Penetration of Salmonella into the Fruit | Journal of Food Protection
• 211. Kinder Surprise Eggs — Risky or Not?
• Amazon.com: 1,000 Safety Caution Warning Stickers This Product Contains Small Parts in Its Unassembled State. Adult Assembly is Required 1 Roll of 1.5" x 0.4" Adhesive Labels (Yellow Background/Black Text) : Baby

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from s'mores cooked on wood from pallets of unknown composition.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Overview of Wood Preservative Chemicals | US EPA
• https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_mcmahon010.pdf
• Are Wood Pallets Safe for Reuse Projects? It Depends - Earth911
• Is my wood pallet safe for reuse - Learn how to know? • 1001 Pallets
• Human exposure and internal dose assessments of acrylamide in food - ScienceDirect
• Exposure to Acrylamide | SpringerLink
• Acrylamide | FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by un-cleanable salad spinners.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
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• Laboratory accidents and breaches in biosafety – they do occur!
• Biosafety Challenges for the Food Microbiology Laboratory - Montville - 2012 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
• Salmonella Enteritidis infections associated with a contaminated immersion blender at a camp - PubMed
• Whole genome sequencing analyses of Listeria monocytogenes that persisted in a milkshake machine for a year and caused illnesses in Washington State | BMC Microbiology

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of giving a raw turkey to a 13 year old to take home from school as a prize.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• DANCE Synonyms: 54 Synonyms & Antonyms for DANCE | Thesaurus.com
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